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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Elliott provide for Russell to drink when she returns to the house?

2. What did Holmes learn about the young Londoner who'd seen Lady Howard's coach?

3. What time is it when Russell arrives back at Lew Trenchard?

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

5. What kind of building is Wheal Betsy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Holmes learn about Pethering's true identity and how does he learn it?

3. What is the story Elizabeth Chase tells about young Samuel?

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

5. What are some of the clues Holmes and Russell find that lead them to the conclusion that Scheimann and Ketteridge are involved?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lew Trenchard. At one point, Russell returns to Lew Trenchard from Baskerville Hall and critically compares the two structures. She says there's something "off" about Baskerville Hall. Write a comparison of the two, using Russell's impressions and details from the story.

Essay Topic 2

What are the backgrounds of Scheimann and Ketteridge? What do they present themselves as? What are their fates?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the use of telegrams over the course of the book. Include the information that arrives to and from Russell and Holmes in the story and the use of the technology during this time period overall.

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