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WorksheetsThe Speckled Band Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
How is Helen related to Dr. Roylott?
She is his wife.
She is his stepdaughter.
She is his cousin.
She is his sister
Helen is seeking Holmes's help in solving whose death?
her sister's death
her mother's death
her father's death
her stepfather's death
Why, most likely, is the story entitled, "The Speckled Band"?
Julia wore a multicolored headband at the time of her death.
There was a musical band that performed on the lawn at Dr. Roylott's house.
The title refers to a piece of jewelry that Helen showed to Holmes as evidence.
Those were Julia's last words.
Which of the following is not a clue that Helen reveals in her first conversation with Holmes?
Julia, Helen, and Dr. Roylott's bedrooms are all in the same wing of the house.
Julia was about to get married at the time of her death.
Julia complained of a whistling sound in the night.
Julia left a note containing a riddle about a "speckled band."
Choose the sentence that best explains why Helen is unaware that the bell rope does not work.
No, I never heard of her using it. We used always to get what we wanted for ourselves.
It goes to the housekeeper's room.
"Where does that bell communicate with?" he asked at last, pointing to a thick bell-rope which hung down besides the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.
Yes, it was only put there a couple of years ago.
It looks newer than the other things?
What does Holmes conclude about the saucer of milk?
It must be for the cat.
It cannot be for the cheetah.
It is spoiled.
It is quite tasty.
After Helen tells Holmes the story of her sister's death, what is the next phase of Holmes's plan?
Holmes and Watson will investigate the noise in Helen’s sister's room.
Holmes will directly confront Dr. Roylott about his role in Julia's death.
Holmes will take the evidence he has collected to the police.
Holmes will leave Helen to figure it out on her own.
Why did Holmes originally think the "gipsies" were Julia's killers?
Julia accused them directly.
They had been known to commit killings in the area.
They were known as snake-charmers.
Holmes was confused by the double meaning of the word "band."
Select the sentence that most clearly explains the answer to the previous question.
“I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
The presence of the gipsies, and the use of the word ‘band,’ which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to explain the appearance which she had caught a hurried glimpse of by the light of her match, were sufficient to put me upon an entirely wrong scent.
I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door.
What did Watson and Holmes see on Dr. Roylott's head when they entered his room?
A diamond band
A speckled bandana
A snake
A dog whip
At what point does Holmes figure out how the murder was committed?
When he first meets Helen.
When he first meets Dr. Roylott.
Before entering Dr. Roylott's room.
After entering Dr. Roylott's room.
Choose the piece of evidence that best supports your answer to the previous question.
"It might or might not bite the occupant, perhaps she might escape every night for a week, but sooner or later she must fall a victim."
"Some of the blows of my cane came home and roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw."
The discovery that this was a dummy, and that the bed was clamped to the floor, instantly gave rise to the suspicion that the rope was there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and coming to the bed. The idea of a snake instantly occurred to me, and when I coupled it with my knowledge that the doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from India.
“I had come to these conclusions before ever I had entered his room. An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in the habit of standing on it, which of course would be necessary in order that he should reach the ventilator.
