Speckled Band

When will Miss Stoner come into money from her father's inheritance? 

• When she turns 40.
• When she gets married.
• When her stepfather dies.
• When her sister dies.

What sounds did Helen hear from Julia's room before she died?

• a whistling sound like a teapot and a metal clang
• the window slamming shut and a scream
• a purring cat and a bowl falling
• a knock on the door and then a loud thump

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Why did Dr. Grimesby Roylott visit Sherlock Holmes the same morning Helen Stoner visited him?

• He wanted to know who broke into his house.
• He was interviewing for a job with Sherlock.
• Sherlock Holmes is his cousin
• He wanted to know what Helen had told Sherlock when she met with him.

Why was Helen told she had to move into her sister's old room?

• It was bigger and she would be more comfortable.
• It would help her grieve the loss of her sister.
• There was construction work being done in her room and she couldn't stay there.
• The gypsies were wandering the grounds and Dr. Roylott was worried for Helen to be in a room far away from him.

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What special bond did Helen Stoner and her sister Julia share?

• They had been engaged to brothers

• They were twins

• They were the only survivors of a shipwreck.

• They we co-valedictorians at their school.

On the night that she died, Julia Stoner had asked her sister Helen if she ever heard a noise at night. What did Julia say she heard?

• A low Whistle

• A slow humming

• Hysterical laughing

• A methodical tapping

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What did Helen Stoner think was the cause of her sister's death?

• An aneurysm

• Fear and shock

• An epileptic fit

• A broken heart

How was Dr. Roylott's behavior when they moved to Stoke Moran?

• He enjoyed talking to their neighbors and took his stepdaughters on picnics.

• He shut himself up in his house and seldom came out save to indulge on ferocious quarrels with whomever might cross his path.

• He was reserved, but was always kind and loving to his stepdaughters.

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Why were the gypsies known as the speckled band?

• they wore spotted handkerchiefs on their heads

• they played spotted guitars in a band

• they liked to throw shows for crowds

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Why would Dr. Roylott want to kill Helen?

• to keep her share of the money she would inherit from her mother

• because she did not love him back and he was frustrated.

• to fulfill a promise he made to their mother

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