Adventure of the Speckled Band Test

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is mostly about

• A gypsy band

• a young woman’s strange death

• the theft of a necklace

• a railroad accident

What did Julia Stoner hear the night before she died?

• animal cries

• singing

• a whistle

• laughter

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Julia was killed in

• her bedroom

• in the hospital

• the village

• her Aunt’s house

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What was suspicious about Julia’s bedroom?

• It smelled like cheese burgers

• The bedspread was hideous!

• It had no fireplace

• The bed was nailed to the floor.

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Julia Stoner was killed by

• Choking on a pretzel

• a snake

• a Cheetah

• a spider

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Holmes trapped Roylott by

• following him to London

• opening his safe

• waiting for his next attack

• sending him fake message

How did Dr. Roylott die?

• Holmes shot him.

• The baboon got him

• Of old age

• His snake bit him

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

• She would have been killed.

• Gypsies would have occupied her home

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

• She would have married.

The main conflict in the story is between…

• Sherlock Holmes and a venomous snake

• Helen and her sister Julia.

• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Roylott

• Dr. Roylott and Julia Stoner.

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Why does Holmes first suspect the gypsies?

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

• He suspects the whistling sound came from outside

• They are known killers.

• He knows that gypsies always wear spotted scarves.

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