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The Speckled Band

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote The Speckled Band?

a)

Sherlock Holmes

b)

Arthur Connan Smith

c)

Arthur Connan Doyle

d)

Arthur Sherlock Holmes

2.

What type of story is it?

a)

A horror story

b)

A detective mystery story

c)

A short adventure story

d)

A police story

3.

Who is the narrator of the story? Who tells it?

a)

Sherlock Holmes

b)

Watson

c)

No answer is correct

4.

Sherlock Holmes has a flat in Baker Street.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We never studied it

5.

Why did Helen Stoner go to see Sherlock Holmes?

a)

Because her hair was white.

b)

Because she was afraid of death.

c)

Because she was Holmes' friend.

6.

What is the family relationship between Helen, Julia and Grimesby Roylott?

a)

Helen and Julia are friends. G. Roylott was Helen's stepfather.

b)

Helen and Julia are sisters. G. Roylott was their father.

c)

Helen is G. Roylott's daughter and Julia is Helen's mother.

d)

Helen and Julia are sisters. G. Roylott was their stepfather.

7.

Julia died..... and her mother died....

a)

2 years ago in a plane accident- 8 years ago of an illness

b)

2 years ago in her bedroom- 8 years ago in an accident

c)

15 years ago in the garden- 1 year ago of an illness

8.
What is the name of the woman that comes to Sherlock Holmes?
a)
Charlotte Beacher
b)
Helen Stoner
c)
Julia Stoner
d)
Dr. Roylott
9.
Why does Miss Stoner visit Sherlock Holmes?
a)
She thought soemone stole her inheritance.
b)
Her sister had been kidnapped and she wanted to find her.
c)
Her sister died and she is worried that it wasn't an accident.
d)
Her stepfather has strange animals on the property that she would like to have removed.
10.

What was the colour of Helen's hair at the beginning?

a)

Grey

b)

Black

c)

Rainbow

d)

Brown

11.

Helen's mother was...

a)

rich

b)

poor

c)

mystical

d)

ill

12.

All the bedrooms in Helen's house are...

a)

on different floors

b)

on top of each other

c)

on opposite sides of the same hallway

d)

next to each other

13.

Why couldn't Helen sleep in her own room?

a)

Her room was broken.

b)

There were Indian animals.

c)

The builders had to fix her wall.

d)

Her servant had to sleep in that room.

14.

If Julia and Helen Stoner married..

a)

Dr Roylott would go to prison.

b)

Dr Roylott would get a lot of money.

c)

Dr Roylott would lose a lot of money.

d)

Dr Roylott would be alone and he would be sad.

15.

Who is the sister that died in the story?

a)

Helen

b)

Julia