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Sign of Four Chapter 11 - 12

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Chapter 11, after getting stuck in thick mud on the bank of the Thames, who is captured?

a)

McMurdo

b)

Tonga

c)

Jonathan Small

2.

What does Holmes encourage Small to do?

a)

Go back to India

b)

Tell his story honestly

c)

Take a bath

3.

Who is entrusted with the treasure box to deliver to Ms Morstan?

a)

Watson

b)

Jones

c)

Small

4.

On forcing the lock of the treasure box, what do Mary and Watson find?

a)

It's full

b)

It's empty

c)

A letter

5.

What does Watson declare to Mary and why does he feel able to do this now?

a)

He declares his loyalty and because the case is over

b)

He declares his obsession with Sherlock

c)

He declares his love because she has not become wealthy thus out of his reach

6.

In chapter 12, where does Watson return to find Holmes, Jones and Small?

a)

Baker Street

b)

Pondicherry Lodge

c)

Jacobsen's yard

7.

What does Small confess to?

a)

Having scattered the treasure in the Thames

b)

Hiding the treasure in Worcestershire, his home county

c)

Being related to Mary Morstan

8.

How did Small lose his leg?

a)

Attacked by crocodile

b)

Shot off

c)

Trapped in machinery

9.

What was his job after leaving the army because of his injury?

a)

A doctor

b)

An overseer on an indigo plantation

c)

A clerk

10.

The Indian Mutiny led him back to military service, protecting a fort and the British community sheltering there. Where was the fort?

a)

Pondicherry

b)

Mumbai

c)

Agra

11.

While he was on guard at the fort, he was in charge of two Sikh guards. Their names were?

a)

Dost Akbar and Mahommet Singh

b)

Mohammed Kahn and Dost Akbar

c)

Mahommet Singh and Mohammed Kahn

12.

Mahommet Singh involved him in his plot to kill a merchant whose name was?

a)

Amin

b)

Arban

c)

Achmet

13.

The plot was that they would?

a)

Steal the treasure and murder the merchant (servant in disguise) who was transporting it

b)

Steal the treasure and kidnap the merchant (servant in disguise) who was transporting the treasure

c)

Tie up the merchant (servant in disguise) and steal the treasure

14.

The sign of four comprised of?

a)

Mahommet Singh, Abudullah Kahn, Dost Akbar and Jonathan Small

b)

Captain Morstan, Abdullah Kahn, Dost Akbar and Jonthan Small

c)

Jonathan Small, Abdullah Kahn, Major Sholto and Mahommet Singh

15.

After killing Achmet and hiding the treasure, Jonathan Small is convicted of the murder. Once imprisoned on the island Small seeks help from?

a)

The native Andaman islander, Tonga

b)

One of the four men he plotted with

c)

Two British officers, Major Sholto and Captain Morstan

16.

Which characters agree to help him recover the treasure for a share?

a)

Sholto and Morstan

b)

Singh and Achmet

c)

Tonga and Kahn

17.

Major Sholto betrayed Morstan and Small and does what?

a)

Leaves with the treasure and heads to Australia

b)

Returns to England with the treasure

c)

Leaves with the treasure, taking care to hide it somewhere only he knows about before returning to England

18.

How does Small escape?

a)

By boat; with the help of his loyal friend Tonga

b)

By train; with the help of his loyal friend Tonga

c)

By bicycle; with the help of his loyal friend Tonga

19.

Following his escape what does Small do that leads to the events Holmes has been investigating for Ms Morstan?

a)

Tracks down Mary

b)

Tracks down Holmes

c)

Tracks down Major Sholto

20.

What does Watson reveal to Holmes at the end of chapter 12?

a)

His engagement

b)

He wants to stop working with him

c)

Something else about Jonathan Small

21.

What does Holmes do at the end of the novel?

a)

plays the violin

b)

arranges a wedding party for Mary and Watson

c)

reaches for the cocaine bottle