Hound CH 12

The man on the Tor turns out to be...

• Mr. Barrymore

• Dr. Mortimer

• Holmes

• Stapleton

The boy who has been helping Holmes is Cartwright, who searched the trash of the hotels for the cut-up newspaper.

• True

• False

Watson is upset at Holmes because...

Select TWO answers.

• Watson thinks that Holmes has been in Dartmoor all along because he didn't trust Watson to do the job himself.

• Watson thinks that all of his letters to Holmes were a waste.

• Watson wanted to solve the case alone.

• Watson now has to keep a secret from Sir Henry.

Holmes provides Watson with some Aha Moments in Chapter 12. Check all answers stating what Watson learned from Holmes.

• Stapleton and his sister are really not related at all.

• Stapleton and his sister are really husband and wife.

• Laura Lyons and Stapleton are in love.

• The man who followed Sir Henry in London was Stapleton.

• The author of the letter warning Sir Henry to stay away from the moor was Beryl Stapleton.

Horrible screams are then heard along with the cries of the hound. Watson and Holmes think that the screams were from Sir Henry. They rush to where the screams came from and then see a body with a crushed skull. The body is that of...

• ...Sir Henry

• ...Stapleton

• ...Barrymore

• ...Selden

Holmes then reasons that the hound chased Selden because he was wearing one of Sir Henry's suits that Barrymore had given him and that Stapleton had trained the hound to recognize the scent of Sir Henry using...

• Sir Henry's boot

• Sir Henry's hair

• Sir Henry's cigar

• Sir Henry's wallet

Holmes wonders how Selden knew the hound was "on his track" while Watson wonders how Stapleton knew to let the hound loose tonight. As they're thinking, Stapleton shows up and we find out...

• ...that Stapleton was only following orders from Barrymore.

• ...that Stapleton had asked Sir Henry to come to Merripit House for dinner. This answers Watson's question.

• ...that Stapleton had known Holmes was living on the moor.

• ...that Stapleton is leaving for London tomorrow.

The following observation by Watson about Stapleton allows the reader to make an inference that Stapleton is...

“I heard a sharp intake of his breath and the cigar fell from his fingers.”

• scared

• winded

• exhausted

• shocked

What does Holmes tell Stapleton at the end of Chapter 12?

• He is placing him under arrest.

• He is afraid that Sir Henry's life is in danger.

• He is planning to go back to London tomorrow.

• He believes in the legend of the hound.