'The Sign of Four' Chapter 10

Where does Holmes ask the police boat to travel to?

• Opposite Jacobson's Yard

• Opposite Parlour Wharf

• Behind Trafalgar Square

• Behind Oxford Street

• Beneath Westminster Bridge

Who does Holmes follow when he is searching for Small and his companion?

• Mordecai Smith

• Mrs Smith

• Thaddeus Sholto

• Mrs Hudson

• Mr McMurdo

Holmes asks one of his Baker Street Irregulars to signal when he sees The Aurora.

What does he wave?

(a)  

When Watson and Holmes finally see Small and his companion, the islander is described. Complete the quotation below:

One man sat by the stern, with something black between his knees over which he stooped. Beside him lay a dark mass which looked like a ___________ ___.

• Bluebottle fly

• Newfoundland dog

• Sphinx cat

• Shropshire pig

• Highland cow

Watson continues to describe the appearance of the mysterious islander. Identify 3 terms that he uses to describe him from the list below:

• evil

• half animal

• savage

• distorted

• ugly

Before the body of the islander disappears into the water, Watson comments on the final part of him that he sees.

Identify this from the list below:

• gnashing teeth

• tiny twisted arms

• small misshapen ears

• wild tangle of hair

• venomous menacing eyes

When Small is captured by the police he is trapped on the river bank.

What is he compared to as he is hauled into the ship? Write down the missing word below:

'it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out, and to drag him, like some evil (a)   over our side.'

The Agra treasure box is found on the deck. Identify 3 things that we learn about the box below:

• it has no key

• it is inlaid with silver

• it is made from solid iron

• it has two locks

• it is very heavy

Complete Watson's quotation below - you should choose 3 words for your answer:

As we steamed slowly up-stream again, we flashed our search-light in every direction, but there was no sign of the Islander. Somewhere in the dark ____ at the bottom of the Thames lie the bones of that _______ _______ to our shores.

• ooze

• strange

• mysterious

• visitor

• water

Holmes instructs Watson to bring something with him on their trip to the river.

What does he ask him to bring?

• A notebook

• A pen

• A handkerchief

• A knife

• A revolver