Adventure of The Speckled Band Review

Repairs were started on the outside wall of Helen’s room so that…

• A ventilator could be built into the bedroom wall.

• The house would be ready for her wedding.

• She would have to move into the room next to Dr. Roylott’s.

• A secret entrance could be made into her room.

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By the time Holmes and Watson sit waiting in Helen’s room, Holmes knows that…

• Watson will not have to use his gun

• Dr. Roylott will soon die

• A snake will crawl through the ventilator.

• He and Watson are safe from danger.

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Doctor Roylott did not want any of his stepdaughters to get married because he

• Would have to give them large sums of money

• Was not told of their engagements

• Did not want to live alone.

• Did not like their boy friends

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Which of the following sentences best describes Sherlock Holmes?

• He depends on Dr. Watson to help him solve his case

• His physical strength makes him a match for dangerous criminals.

• He looks like Robert Downey Jr..

• He is a keen observer who relies on intellect.

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Which of the following details about Julia’s bedroom helps Holmes deduce that the bell rope has a sinister purpose?

• The low ceiling.

• The smell of cigar smoke in the room.

• The clamps that hold the bed to the floor.

• The metal bars that keep the shutters closed.

Why does Holmes first suspect the gypsies?

• He knows that gypsies always wear spotted scarves

• They are known killers.

• He suspects the whistling sound came from outside

• He reasons that the metal clang was made by shutter bars.

The main conflict in the story is between…

• Dr. Roylott and Julia Stoner

• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Roylott.

• Helen and her sister Julia.

• Sherlock Holmes and a venomous snake.

If Helen Stoner had not gone to Holmes for help, what would probably have happened?

• She would have married.

• She would have been attacked by her stepfather’s cheetah.

• Gypsies would have occupied her home.

• She would have been killed.

How did Dr. Roylott die?

• Of old age

• His snake bit him

• The baboon got him

• Holmes shot him.

Holmes trapped Roylott by

• sending him fake message

• opening his safe

• hacking his Instagram account

• waiting for his next attack

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