Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The narrator of the story is

• Sherlock Holmes

• Dr. Grimesby Roylott

• Dr. John Watson

• Helen Stoner

Holmes knows that Helen Stoner had ridden in a dog cart because

• Mrs. Hudson had told him so

• The left arm of her jacket was splattered with mud

• He could smell the scent of horses

• Watson had seen her through the window

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As she arrives, Helen Stoner is shivering because

• she is fearful and terrified

• it had been snowing outside

• she was drenched from the rain

• she was not wearing a coat

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Helen explains that her stepfather had started his medical practice in

• Warsaw, Poland

• London, England

• Rome, Italy

• Calcutta, India

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Helen's appearance included all EXCEPT

• she was wearing a veil

• her face was drawn and grey

• she wore a wedding ring on her left hand

• her hair was prematurely grey

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Holmes knew that Helen had not told him everything about Dr. Roylott because

• Holmes was acquainted with the Roylott family

• Holmes noticed five small bruises on her wrist

• Holmes had met Dr. Roylott in medical school

• Watson had met Dr. Roylott in medical school

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When Dr. Roylott moved back into his ancestral home, his behavior included

• shutting himself up in the house

• hurling the local blacksmith into a stream

• becoming friends with a band of gypsies

• all of the above

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The night that Julia died, she told Helen that she had been hearing

• the gypsies howling outside

• the cheetah growling outside her window

• music coming from the stepfather's room

• a low, clear whistling sound

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As Helen enters Julia's room the night of Julia's death, she sees all EXCEPT

• Julia had turned a bluish color

• Julia groping for help

• Julia's limbs convulsing

• Julia writhing in pain

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The coroner reported finding what object in Julia's right hand

• a matchbox

• the charred stump of a match

• a candlestick

• a note

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