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A Case of Identity by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are Holmes and Watson talking about at the beginning of the story?

a)

The case of Hosmer Angel

b)

How life is strange

c)

How they want to fly over the city

d)

A newspaper article

2.

How did Holmes prove Watson wrong?

a)

he worked the case and it didn't fit the "normal" pattern

b)

he worked the case and it fit the "normal" pattern

c)

he knew nothing about the case

d)

he knew the man personally

3.

What does Holmes see out the window?

a)

Watson

b)

a friend

c)

an old client

d)

a new client

4.

How do we know the client is nervous?

a)

she's standing still

b)

she's blushing

c)

she's playing with the buttons on her glove

d)

she has mismatched shoes

5.

Who is the client that visits Holmes?

a)

Mary Sutherland

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Mary Magdelene

d)

Megan Sommers

6.

Who is missing?

a)

Mary Sutherland

b)

Hosmer Angel

c)

Mr. Windibank

d)

Mr. Hardy

7.

What best describes Mr. Windibank?

a)

controlling

b)

easy going

c)

mean

d)

pleasant

8.

How does Miss Sutherland earn money?

a)

her father's inheritance & teaching

b)

her mother's inheritance & typing

c)

her uncle's inheritance & typing

d)

her aunt's inheritance & teaching

9.

Where did Miss Sutherland meet Mr. Angel?

a)

at work

b)

through friends

c)

through her stepfather

d)

at a ball

10.

Which statement is correct?

a)

Holmes was a real person and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about him

b)

Holmes was a real person and Edgar Allan Poe wrote about him

c)

Holmes is a made up character created by Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Holmes is a made up character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

11.

How did Mary and Hosmer communicate after their first few dates?

a)

they met up

b)

they texted

c)

they wrote letters

d)

they didn't

12.

What was the difference between Mary's letters and Hosmer's letters?

a)

hers were typed, his were handwritten

b)

hers were handwritten, his were typed

c)

hers were handwritten, he never wrote any

d)

they were both typed

13.

What was unusual about Hosmer's wedding proposal?

a)

he gave her a huge ring

b)

he wanted to get married that very week

c)

he wanted to keep it a secret from Mary's stepfather

d)

he made her promise to be true

14.

What happened to Hosmer on the way to the church?

a)

he disappeared from his cab

b)

he squeezed into the hansom

c)

he walked

d)

nothing happened

15.

What was unusual about Windibanks's reaction to Hosmer disappearing?

a)

he was angry

b)

he was excited

c)

he told Mary she'd see him again

d)

he told Mary to forget he existed

16.

What did Watson tell Mary to do after he heard her story?

a)

to come back at 6 the next day

b)

to continue looking for Hosmer

c)

to put out another missing ad for Hosmer

d)

to forget Hosmer ever existed

17.

What 2 clues did Holmes use to tell that Mary was short sighted and a typist?

a)

the dent on her nose

b)

the mark on her sleeve

c)

her odd boots

d)

the ink on her finger

18.

What was suspicious about Hosmer's letters?

a)

they were all handwritten

b)

even his signature was typed

c)

his signature was easy to read

d)

he wrote his address on them

19.

What's Holmes's concern with solving this case?

a)

there is no concern

b)

it is very tangled

c)

the culprit must serve a long sentence

d)

there is no punishable crime

20.

What 2 clues are suspicious about the letter from Windibank and the letters from Hosmer?

a)

the e's are slurred

b)

they are typed

c)

there is a defect with the r's

d)

nothing

21.

Mary Sutherland tells Sherlock Holmes that her stepfather

a)

has disappeared.

b)

has left her mother for good.

c)

is very mean to her.

d)

is a very dear and kind gentleman.

22.

Homser and Mary

a)

fell in love.

b)

had a quarrel.

c)

got married.

d)

were cousins.

23.

Mary knew the reason her stepfather did not want her to get married and leave home was because.

a)

he did not like Homser.

b)

he did not know Homser.

c)

he and her mother would be lonely.

d)

he wouldn't get any of the money her real father left her.

24.

First, Mary and Homser made plans to marry. Next, Mary and her mother went to the church and waited for Homser. Then,

a)

they lived happily ever after.

b)

Homer never showed up at the church.

c)

Mary's stepfather gave her away.

d)

Mary changed her mind.

25.

To Sherlock Holmes, the first clue something was wrong about Homser Angel was probably that

a)

Mary's stepfather was always away when Homser was around.

b)

Mary's mother did not like Homser.

c)

Mary's stepfather did not like Homser.

d)

Mary did not like Homser.

26.

Homer Angel turned out to be

a)

a thief.

b)

a nice man.

c)

Dr. Watson.

d)

Mary's stepfather.

27.

Another name for this story could be

a)

"Our Wedding Day."

b)

"My Family."

c)

"A Happy Ending."

d)

"Poor Mary Sutherland."