Read The Moonstone through the end of Chapter 23, the Betteredge chapters.

1. Trace the story of the Moonstone as it came into the family Betteredge works for? 
2. What is the summary of this section?
3. What does Betteredge find important to report? In other words, what types of minor details does he focus on?
4. Betteredge mentions Robinson Crusoe many times throughout his story. Why is this important, and how does Crusoe add to the story of The Moonstone?
5. Is Betteredge a realist, a hedonist, a eudaimonist, or an empiricist, or is he a combination of two or more? Support your answer with evidence from his account. 
6. After reading Betteredge’s account, what do you believe happened to the Moonstone? What is your evidence from the chapters you have read?