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The Adventure of the Speckled Band Study Questions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of reason does Sherlock Holmes use?

a)

analogical reasoning

b)

deductive reasoning

c)

inductive reasoning

d)

cause and effect reasoning

2.

Who are the main characters of the story?

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3.

The two students had a___________. They are no longer talking to each other.

a)

livid

b)

sinister

c)

morse

d)

quarrel

4.

Who is the author of the story?

a)

Sir Arthur Cohan Doyal

b)

Sir Carl Doll

c)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyal

d)

Dr. Grimesby Roylott

5.

What is the name of the story?

a)

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

b)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

c)

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

d)

The Cheetah, the Baboon, and the Snake

6.

Where does most of the story take place? Where does Helen Stoner live?

a)

221 Baker Street

b)

London

c)

Stoker Moran

d)

India

7.

Why does Holmes tell Helen that she is screen her stepfather?

a)

Holmes believe Helen is covering for her father.

b)

Holmes believes Helen is accusing her stepfather.

c)

Holmes believes Helen is running errands for her stepfather.

d)

Holmes believes Helen is hiding fro her stepfather

8.

When Helen begins sleeping in her sister's former bedroom, what sound does she hear?

a)

the baboon

b)

workers fix the house

c)

a train

d)

a whistle

9.

What is the story's narrative point of view?

a)

third-person limited

b)

second person

c)

third-person omniscient

d)

first-person

10.

In the Adventure of the Speckled Band, who was murdered?

a)

Helen Stoner

b)

Julia Stoner

c)

Dr. Watson

d)

the housekeeper

11.

What Indian animals does Dr. Roylett keep in the manor?

a)

Tiger and Monkey

b)

Cheetah and Baboon

c)

Baboon and Tiger

d)

Cheetah and Monkey

12.

Where does Sherlock Holmes live?

a)

Stoke Moran

b)

221 Baker Street

c)

221 Cooker Street

d)

Holmes Manor

13.

Why does Helen Stoner come to see Sherlock Holmes?

a)

Helen wants Holmes to kill her uncle.

b)

Helen wants Sherlock to come to her house.

c)

Helen wants Sherlock to rid her house of wild animals.

d)

Helen fears her uncle will kill her.

14.

Why does the coroner ask about the whistling sound?

a)

Coroners diagnose people's illnesses.

b)

Coroners help inspect new buildings.

c)

Cornoners investigate suspicious deaths.

d)

Coroners monitor the noises in neighborhoods.

15.

Why does Dr. Roylett need Helen to move to her sister's former room?

a)

This is were the trap was set, and he can kill her.

b)

So Helen is save from harm.

c)

So, Dr. Roylett moves in to Helen's room.

d)

So, Holmes can sleep in Helen's old room.

16.

Dr. Roylott has a sinster look. He made Helen scared.

a)

threatening evil

b)

depressed

c)

deathly

d)

fighting

17.

How does Holmes accidently cause the death of Rowlott?

a)

Holmes discovers the secret of the ventilator.

b)

Holmes confronts Roylott in his chambers.

c)

Holmes strikes at the snake with dog whip.

d)

Holmes secretly waits with Watson in Helen's room.

18.

How was Julia Stoner murdered?

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19.

What is the speckled band?

a)

a scarf

b)

a belt

c)

a hat

d)

a snake

20.

Which word means very angry?

a)

quarrel

b)

sinister

c)

morse

d)

livid