#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
struct Node{
int x;
int y;
vector<Node *> connections = {};
};
int bfs(int n, int m, Node start_node, Node end_node){
bool visited[n][m];
for(int i=0; i < n; i++){
for(int j=0; j < m; j++){
visited[i][j] = false;
}
}
queue<pair<Node, int>> q; // {Node, move_count}
q.push({start_node, 0});
while (q.size() > 0){
Node current_node = q.front().first;
int move_count = q.front().second;
q.pop();
visited[current_node.y][current_node.x] = true;
//cout << current_node.x << " " << current_node.y << " Connections:" << current_node.connections.size() << "\n";
//for(int i=0; i < n; i++){
// for(int j=0; j < m; j++){
// cout << visited[i][j];
// }
// cout << "\n";
//}
if(current_node.x == end_node.x && current_node.y == end_node.y){
return move_count;
}
for(int c=0; c<current_node.connections.size(); c++){
Node connection_node = *current_node.connections[c];
if(!visited[connection_node.y][connection_node.x]){
q.push({connection_node, move_count+1});
visited[connection_node.y][connection_node.x] = true;
}
}
}
return -1;
}
int main() {
int n, m, q;
cin >> n >> m >> q;
vector<vector<Node>> nodes(n, vector<Node>(m, {-1, -1}));
vector<pair<pair<int, int>, pair<int, int>>> tasks;
for(int i=0; i < n; i++){
for(int j=0; j < m; j++){
char val;
cin >> val;
if(val == '*') continue;
Node node = {j, i};
nodes[i][j] = node;
}
}
for(int i=0; i < n; i++){
for(int j=0; j < m; j++){
if(nodes[i][j].x == -1) continue;
// Find connections in this row
for(int j_2=0; j_2 < m; j_2++){
if(j_2 == j) continue;
if(nodes[i][j_2].x == -1) continue;
nodes[i][j].connections.push_back(&nodes[i][j_2]);
}
// Find connections in this column
for(int i_2=0; i_2 < n; i_2++){
if(i_2 == i) continue;
if(nodes[i_2][j].x == -1) continue;
nodes[i][j].connections.push_back(&nodes[i_2][j]);
}
}
}
for(int i=0; i < q; i++){
int x1, y1, x2, y2;
cin >> y1 >> x1 >> y2 >> x2;
tasks.push_back({{x1-1, y1-1}, {x2-1, y2-1}});
}
vector<int> results;
for(int i=0; i<q; i++){
Node start_node = nodes[tasks[i].first.second][tasks[i].first.first];
Node end_node = nodes[tasks[i].second.second][tasks[i].second.first];
results.push_back(bfs(n, m, start_node, end_node));
}
for(int i=0; i<q; i++){
cout << results[i] << "\n";
}
return 0;
}