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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 Holmes say was Ketteridge's fate?
(a) He was eaten by greed
(b) He was shot
(c) He was blown up by the charges
(d) The moor took him

2. What does Russell come to realize about the trip home in Ketteridge's car the night after her horse was injured?
(a) That it was the last time she would see Ketteridge
(b) That she'd been riding with a con artist
(c) That she'd narrowly escaped being killed
(d) That Pethering's body was also in the car

3. What term does Russell use to compare Dartmoor to the Palestinian desert?
(a) A wet desert
(b) A lost world
(c) A green desert
(d) An oasis

4. Who does Russell say she believes Ketteridge was trying to get away from Baskerville Hall when she'd dropped in unexpectedly?
(a) She doesn't know
(b) Miss Baskerville
(c) Pethering
(d) Mary Tavy

5. Which of the following are among the things Russell notes about Postbridge?
(a) There are two churches and a phone kiosk
(b) There are three places to buy liquor and one place to eat
(c) There are many houses in a rouch circle around the town's center
(d) There are no church buildings but there is a school

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the idiosyncrasy Russell discovers about the horse she's riding?

2. What is Holmes' reaction when Russell says she knows his true relationship to Baring-Gould?

3. According to the reference to gold in Baring-Gould's book, where was the gold-washing apparatus found on the moor?

4. Who is Mycroft?

5. What does Ketteridge use to tie up Holmes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Holmes believe to be the truth about Scheimann's disposal of Pethering's body and what is Russell's reaction?

4. What is Russell's dilemma when she gets back to Lew Trenchard after being at Baskerville Hall?

5. Describe how and why Russell's attitude toward Baring-Gould has changed by this point in the book.

6. What does Russell say about the two speeds Red has and what she believes to be her options other than accepting this?

7. What does Baring-Gould say about his relationship to Holmes and what's Russell's reaction?

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

9. What does Holmes learn about the true identities of Ketteridge and Scheimann and how does he learn this?

10. Describe the moment in which Russell's attitude about the moor changes?

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