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WorksheetsThe Adventure of the Speckled Band
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Breadth means:
To be narrow
Tall
Growth
Width
Excursion means:
An incision
An expedition or vacation
A day-dream; dreamy meditation
Natural attitude
Why did Miss Stoner visit Sherlock Holmes?
She thought someone stole her inheritance.
Her sister has been kidnapped, and she wants to go find her.
Her sister died, and she's worried it wasn't an accident.
Her stepfather has tropic animals in their home, and she wants them removed.
Notorious means:
Widely and unfavorably known
Gloomy; sullen
About to happen; eminent
Favored by many
Reverie means:
A hunch; guess
A vacation; expedition
A day-dream; dreamy meditation
Natural attitude
Who wrote "The Adventure of the Speckled Band?"
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Smith
Disposition means:
Tendency or natural attitude
An educated guess
Width
A day-dream; Dreamy meditation
Writhe means:
To be forced, or compelled
To commit (often to a crime)
To be paralyzed with fear
Twist about, or squirm in pain
Who is the narrator of the story?
Sherlock Holmes
Helen Stoner
Watson
Mr. Roylott
Perpetrate means:
To twist or squirm in pain
To be forced; compelled
To commit (often to a crime)
To accuse someone
Impending means:
Frightening
Irritating; annoying
Shocking
About to happen; imminent
How was Miss Stoner's sister killed?
She inhaled poisonous gas.
She was frightened to death.
She was bitten by a poisonous snake.
She was killed with a candlestick, in the dining room, by Colonel Mustard.
Morose means:
Confused
Gloomy; sullen
Extremely slow
Widely and unfavorably known
Obliged means:
Forced or compelled
Excused or pardoned
Committed
Welcomed
What two sounds are important to solving the mystery?
A whistling and a metallic clang.
A clicking clock and a ringing bell.
A tinkling piano and a gypsy's song.
A barking dog and a police siren.
How is Miss Stoner's situation similar to the murder victim's?
She is poor and running away from home.
She has just returned to India.
She is a friend of Holmes, and lives in London.
She is about to be married, and is sleeping in the same room.
