The Speckled Band

Who is the client who awakens Sherlock Holmes and his associate, Watson?

• a dangerous man who threatens them

• a young woman in distress

• a frightened gypsy

• a doctor from India

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Holmes deduces that his client has just come in from

• the train

• India

• the doctor's house

• the landlady's room

The client reports

• a murder

• a robbery

• a mysterious death

• the mistreatment of animals

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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The client says Dr. Roylott

• is the victim of a roving band of gypsies that he tried to help

• has lost his fortune by gambling and careless spending

• is homesick for his life in India

• mourns the death of his wife

Before the victim died she

• was about to run off with a gypsy

• was engaged to be married

• found the original copy of her mother's will

• threatened to kill the doctor

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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The client says that before the crime, the victim reported

• hearing gypsies singing

• seeing a cheetah in her room

• smelling burning rubber or rope

• hearing a low whistling

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The speckled band is

• the group of gypsies

• a brand of cigar

• the markings on a snake from India

• a snake charmer's ring

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

shaking violently

• twitched

• convulsed

• hit

• shuddered

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

appearing to be evil

• pauper

• sinister

• notorious

• deduction

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

a guess made from facts or observation

• pauper

• sinister

• notorious

• deduction

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4