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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young man in chapter ten tell Russell Elizabeth Chase wants to talk to her about?
(a) Her marriage to Holmes
(b) A hedge hog
(c) The carriage
(d) A boy who'd seen Lady Howard

2. Baring-Gould tells Russell about a case of fraud in which the moor was "salted" with what metal?
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Silver
(d) Tin

3. What does the liver mortis indicate to Russell about Pethering's body?
(a) Nothing
(b) That he didn't die in the water
(c) That he couldn't have been dead more than a half hour
(d) That he had been brutally beaten

4. According to the reference to gold in Baring-Gould's book, where was the gold-washing apparatus found on the moor?
(a) Near Two Bridges Inn
(b) Near Mary Tavy
(c) It doesn't say
(d) Near Devonshire

5. Where does Elizabeth Chase say Tiggy would ordinarily live?
(a) In a house
(b) In wide open spaces
(c) In a barn
(d) In a wooded area

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Russell say she believes Ketteridge was trying to get away from Baskerville Hall when she'd dropped in unexpectedly?

2. What does Ketteridge say he'd like to hire Holmes to do?

3. How old was Baring-Gould when he died?

4. What day are Russell and Holmes supposed to meet back at Lew House?

5. What does Samuel Taylor say about the new owners of his farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Inspector Fyfe say about Pethering's body?

2. What is the story Elizabeth Chase tells about the hedgehog?

3. What happens when Red shies soon after leaving Elizabeth Chase's house?

4. Describe the conversation between Russell and Ketteridge about the tors.

5. What does Ketteridge say about his ability to keep his cook and what is Russell's response?

6. Describe the Russell's meeting with Miss Baskerville.

7. What does Russell say about the people she questions about the coach and the hound and their reliability?

8. Briefly describe the conversation between Russell and the man who says that Elizabeth Chase wants to see her.

9. What is the purpose of Ketteridge and Scheimann salting the moor with gold and what is the purpose of creating the illusion of Lady Howard's coach and the ghostly hound?

10. What is the "gold story" Russell reads about in Baring-Gould's book in his chapter about Okehampton?

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