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WorksheetsTHE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who visited Sherlock Holmes?
Dr Watson
A young man
A young woman
An old man
What was the weather like that day?
It was a sunny day.
It was a cold day.
It was wet and stormy with strong winds.
It was snowing.
Who is telling the story?
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dr Watson
The visitor
How did Elias become rich?
He travelled around the world.
He had bought a plantation in America.
He had bought a plantation in England.
He had travelled to India and made money in the silk trade.
When the visitor went to live in Elias's house, did Elias behave badly towards him?
Yes, he was a bad tempered man and hit him.
Yes, he shouted at him all the time.
No, he was kind to him and let him go everywhere.
Yes, he made him work all day and didn't give him enough to eat.
What did Elias receive that shocked him?
An envelope with three red Ks and five little orange pips.
An envelope with three green Ks and three little orange pips.
A letter with a red key.
A letter telling him to leave.
Why did Elias call the lawyer to come to the house?
Because he wanted to give him his money.
Because he wanted to give him his will.
Because he wanted to thank him.
Because he wanted to give him a metal box.
Who did Elias want to leave his estate to?
His father.
His brother and nephew.
His uncle.
The lawyer.
Where did Elias die?
In a little garden pool.
In his bed.
In hospital.
In America.
How did John Openshaw's father die?
He fell into a river.
He fell into a pool.
He fell into a chalk pit.
He fell into a cave.
What did John Openshaw receive?
An envelope like his father and uncle.
A house.
A piece of land.
A newspaper cutting.
What did the police do when John Openshaw told them his story?
They took him to prison.
They laughed and told him to go.
They smiled but posted a policeman inside his house.
They told Sherlock Holmes.
What did Sherlock Holmes tell John Openshaw to do?
He told him to go to the police.
He told him to put a piece of paper and a note on the sundial.
He told him to burn the papers.
He told him to go to America.
Where were the letters sent from?
America
Three seaports
India
China
What did the letters KKK stand for?
Kit Kat Kar
Ku Klux Klan
Kranky Kars Korea
Kangaroo Kart Kraze
What did the KKK do?
It terrorised black people in America.
It helped black people.
It organized police.
It trained police.
What happened to John Openshaw?
He died in hospital.
He fell into the river below Waterloo Bridge.
He died near the police station.
He died in his house.
Who was the leader of the gang?
John Openshaw
Elias
Captain Calhoun
Sherlock Holmes
What did Sherlock Holmes put in the envelope?
A letter
Five orange pips
A cheque
Some money
What happened to the ship that Captain Calhoun was travelling in?
It went to America
It sank in a storm
It went to India
It went to Dundee
