The Heir

Dr. Mortimer told Holmes that

• Sir Henry had a wife

• Rodger Baskerville was still living

• Sir Henry was the only living Baskerville

• there were many Baskervilles still living

The rolls of paper that Watson saw in Holmes' apartment were

• maps of the area near the Baskerville home

• letters to Sir Henry Baskerville

• family pictures

• candy wrappers

Sir Henry Baskerville was

• short and bright-eyed

• tall and handsome

• short and thin

• fat and jolly

First, Sir Henry showed Holmes the letter. Then he told about the missing boot. Next,

• Sir Henry asked Holmes and Watson to lunch

• Sir Henry went back to his hotel

• Watson went to his club

• Dr. Mortimer told Sir Henry about the hound

Most of the words of the letter that Sir Henry received

• made no sense

• were printed in ink

• were written in crayon

• had been cut from a newspaper

The letter warned Sir Henry to

• leave his hotell

• keep away from the moor

• tell Holmes nothing

• go home right away

Holmes said that the man with the dark beard

• was an old friend of his

• had been following Sir Henry

• should meet Sir Henry at the train station

• had taken Sir Henry's boot

Sherlock Holmes was unhappy because the man with the beard

• took the wrong cab

• moved too slowly

• had seen Holmes

• argued with him

Another name for this story could be

• "Sir Henry"

• "A Long Journey"

• "At the Hotel"

• "A Good Sign"

The main idea of the story is

• a strange letter

• some unusual happenings

• Sir Henry's home

• life in London