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READING & TRAINING K E Y T O T H E EXERCISE S

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Page 21 – exercise 5 Page 30 – exercise 4


Open answers. 1 The man is face down. 2 There is

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no blood on the floor. 3 The
detective (left) doesn’t have a

in Scarlet
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moustache. 4 Holmes does not have
Page 21 – exercise 1 a hat. 5 There is a lamp, not a
A-C Open answers. (Possible answers candle, above the fireplace. 6 The
C: there is no light in the room; there window frame is a different colour.
is blood on the floor; the man has 7 The detective doesn’t have the
something in his hand). telegram in his hand. 8 The victim is
not holding anything in his hand.
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Mr Gregson at Scotland Yard, asking Page 30 – exercise 5
KEY TO THE EXERC ISES for Holmes’ help in the case. Part one:
A Watson B Holmes C Gregson and
Page 28 – exercise 1 Lestrade D Holmes E Watson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle D The death of both his father and A Where did the murder take place? F Holmes.
wife in just a short space of time. In a house on Brixton Road. Part two:
Page 7 – exercise 1 E Open answer. B Who was investigating the case? Holmes’ questions need more direct
B In 1885 Conan Doyle received a Page 7 – exercise 3 Scotland Yard – detectives answers, e.g., ‘Are you sure there’s no
degree in medicine from Edinburgh Gregson and Lestrade. injury?’ The answer is often yes or
University. 1, 2 and 4 are connected to Sherlock C What did the house look like? It no.
C In 1887 A Study in Scarlet was first Holmes. 3 and 5 are connected to looked empty and sad and had a Part three: open answers.
published, in Beeton’s Christmas Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian small, untidy garden. Inside the
Annual. detective, Hercule Poirot. wallpaper was old and torn and Page 31 – exercise 6
D In 1890 the second Sherlock there was no furniture in the room Open answers.
Holmes novel, The Sign of Four, PART ONE - CHAPTER ONE they were in.
was published. D Did Lestrade think the murderer
Page 19 – exercise 1 CHAPTER THREE
E In 1893 Conan Doyle’s wife was was a man? No, he thought it was
diagnosed with tuberculosis. 1C2B3C4A a woman named Rachel. Page 31 – exercise 1
F In 1901 The Strand magazine Page 20 – exercise 2 E What did the man have in his Holmes says he knows these things
published the first episode of The pocket? A gold watch and two about the murderer: he is tall, with
A 5 B 4 C 2 D 3 E 1 F no
Hound of the Baskervilles. letters. small feet. He has a red face. He has
Page 20 – exercise 3 F What was the word (written) on long fingernails on his right hand. He
Page 7 – exercise 2
Possible answers: 1 He was brown the wall? Rache. smokes cigars. He also knows that he
A On a ship. First as an arctic whaler, arrived at the house in a cab with the
from the sun. 2 He was probably a Page 28 – exercise 2
and then travelling to Africa. victim.
doctor. 3 He had been
B He was a doctor, a politician, a 1C2D3E4A5F6B
shot/wounded. 4 He had hurt his Page 31 – exercise 2
crime writer and a spiritualist.
arm while he was in the army. Page 29 – exercise 3
C No, he felt his life was being taken The cab he sees from the wheel
over by Sherlock Holmes and Page 21 – exercise 4 1 was found/has been found 2 victim marks from the night before (only
wanted to end the stories. He 3 is thought 4 have said 5 evidence one set of wheel marks). The
C
probably wanted to be 6 was murdered 7 motive 8 is footprints show that he is tall but has
remembered for other things, too. 9 are looking 10 clues 11 is believed small feet. The scratch of his
12 have been asked 13 case fingernail when writing with the
(deduction not needed) blood on the wall show he writes with

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his right hand and his fingernail must Page 42 – exercise 7 Page 50 – exercise 6 Page 60 – exercise 4
be long. There was ash from a cigar A nearest B murderer C confused 1 2 3 4 5 A We are kept guessing as
on the floor. It is not clear why he D drunk E lose F disappointed 6S C to what Holmes really
O T L A N D Y A R D
had a red face. G man H tired I young does know and we want
T C R R R to know how he will
Page 39 – exercise 1 Missing word: secretary
A 7 Q U I E T E arrive at his conclusion,
A F – He sent a telegram. Page 42 – exercise 8 just like Watson does.
N U V H B
B T C F – It was only Holmes that gold wedding ring; found – Brixton
saw it. D T E F – He left a ring. Road; ask for (not apply); 221B Baker G A E 8 U R B A N Page 60 – exercise 5
FT Street. E 11 9 I N N E R E 2 and 4 were not found in
Page 39 – exercise 2 10 R A C H E N R the room.
Part one: CHAPTER FOUR S L T 12 Page 61 – exercise 6
A4B1C5D2E6F3 Page 49 – exercise 1 A The pills.
O U 14 15 M
Part two: open answers.
1B2C3A4A 13 N I E C E N W A Page 61 – exercise 7
Page 40 – exercise 3 Page 49 – exercise 2 A C A G He gives one to a sick dog.
1 must have come 2 might have been One pill is harmless, the
1 Arthur Charpentier used a stick to B 16 E U S T O N
3 might have lost the ring 4 must other pill kills the dog.
kill Drebber. D S I
have been 2 Drebber was staying at Possible answers as to why
Page 41 – exercise 4 Charpentier’s Guest House. R O F the murder had two pills: he
3 The wedding ring was just a trick 17 A M E R I C A N N Y wanted to trick the victim
1 2 a.m. 2 no one 3 a light in one of
to give the police the wrong idea. V I
into thinking he was going
the windows 4 called for help 5 tall,
4 Drebber became violent because to poison him and then kill
with a red face, wearing an overcoat E N him another way. He wanted
6 an idiot/stupid he was drunk.
R G to trick the police, etc. Real
Page 41 – exercise 5 Page 49 – exercise 3 answer: he was giving his
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Crime type: murder Correct order: 2, 4, 1, 3 victim a choice over life and
Page 59 – exercise 1 death to truly see if there
At: 23, Brixton Road Page 50 – exercise 4
Time reported: 2.30 a.m 1E2D3F4B5A6C was justice.
Victim: M. Name: Enoch Drebber To create suspense and not give all
the details so we want to know more. Page 59 – exercise 2
State of victim...: already dead
Possible answers: Chapter One: ‘But We don’t know D, H, or J. We only know G
Time of death: late evening/early
this is terrible! There’s been a in part.
morning Cause of death: poison?
murder.’ We want to know more
Name of other officers…: Lestrade Page 60 – exercise 3
and Gregson (Scotland Yard) about the murder. Chapter Two:
Suspect: M. Name: unknown ‘Come, Doctor Watson… don’t waste Name and The victims Where the bodies Cause of death Clues
Other information: tall, small feet, your time looking for Miss Rachel.’ description of the were found (if known)
We want to know more about what murderer (or
long fingernails. Smokes. Possibly Holmes’ suspect)
Holmes knows. Chapter Three: ‘His
American. Speaks German?
passenger had disappeared… That Jefferson Hope. Enoch Drebber – in a house in Brixton most likely poisoned the smell of poison
Page 42 – exercise 6 wasn’t an old woman.’ We want to Tall man, short feet, American, middle- Road on his lips, the
know who the passenger was. red face. Long aged, beard, often blood, the writing
Open answers. fingernails. Probably drunk. on the wall
Page 50 – exercise 5 American. He’s a
cab driver.
Open answer.
Joseph Stangerson. in a room in the stabbed, possibly pills (one poisoned),
Drebber’s secretary. Halliday Hotel poisoned? the writing on the
Also American. wall, blood from
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knife wound
K E Y T O T H E E X E R C I S E S K E Y T O T H E EXERCISE S

Page 61 – exercise 8 PART TWO – CHAPTER ONE Page 75 – Internet project Page 87 – exercise 4
All of these objects could be used Page 74 – exercise 1 Student’s activity. Open answers but possible adjectives
except possibly a fingernail or a letter A T B F – they were going to find a include:
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(unless first poisoned or with new place to live. A – hardworking, dedicated, poor
explosives, etc.). Money could be a A 5 B 2 C 4 D not needed E 1 F 3 B – dedicated, cruel, powerful,
C F – they took them to Utah.
motive, but not a weapon. D T E F – he did not oppose the Page 76 – exercise 5 drunk, violent
Open answers. marriage. C – weak, cruel, powerful
1 of 2 ✓ 3 front 4 ✓ 5 at 6 far
Page 61 – exercise 9 F T G T H F – she had to choose Page 88 – exercise 5
7 the 8 ✓ 9 ✓ 10 on 11 now 12 ✓
between Stangerson or Drebber’s sons.
The man is too small to reach the 13 be 14 ✓ 15 ✓
I F – she was extremely sad. Y P V S G Y F D D D I X G V I
button on the 13th floor so he presses
the button for the 9th floor, which is Page 74 – exercise 2 Page 77 – exercise 6 M V C I G S Q N Y S N M N N R
X U R F O X Q Q U B M D I G U
where he can reach, and goes up the Open answers. Possible answers: Open answer.
V K U G S L M E Y Y E A K E H
rest of the stairs. Of course, when he A The telegram found in the room E C L F
M T E X P T G D R J P
remembers his umbrella he can use that says ‘JH is in Europe’. We know CHAPTER TWO L E S U Q N A H K W O G D
to reach the button of the 13th floor! Jefferson Hope is the murderer and
H N
N B E U E N G
Page 77 – exercise 1 Z V C TWV Q W
here his past life in America is S E
J P A S I XMG G D HM
London in the 1880s introduced. We also read the names D
H A Z U K D Z R E Z
T
Z M R R F
Stangerson and Drebber, so we Page 86 – exercise 1 POWERFUL F A
Page 65 – exercise 9 realise we will now find out that
E C M J I
H
A F – the introduction of the A6B3C2D7E4F8G5H1 E D R D Z R D N K J RM U R
the motive is connected to T R Y P
V K R O K U N Z S W N
Education Act changed things. something which happened in Page 86 – exercise 2 R Q M B U Q Q O I F D I Q F F
B F – they are similar. America, not London. We don’t yet know: C, E. We know: A, Z L I N K A E W P P D P J F H
C T D T E F – there were not enough B Yes, because he becomes rich and is B, D, F (partly). Answers: A – Salt MAK R X S D W S I R QMWO
houses and living conditions were happy raising Lucy as his daughter, Lake City; B – Yes, they were
terrible. but the only problem is polygamy wealthy; D – The ring belonged to
F F – it was a period of peace and and the fact he therefore doesn’t the woman he loved and it was a
security for the rich. take a wife. Page 88 – exercise 6
symbol of his revenge; F (we know
Page 65 – exercise 2 C Possible answers: scared, alone, this in part) – He wanted revenge for Open answers. (Possible answers
afraid but hopeful. the fact they killed John Ferrier and include the fact that both Drebber
Open answers.
Page 75 – exercise 3 died because of them. We don’t know and Stangerson were in a way guilty
why he chose the pills or why of murder themselves. Hope did
Name of religion Central Holy places Place of worship Holy text Stangerson was stabbed. something that he shouldn’t have
figure(s)/founder done, but this was not such an
Page 86 – exercise 3 unusual way of resolving such a thing
Buddhism Siddharta Tibet temple the Four Noble
Gautama Truths Possible answers: We don’t really at this time).
know them at the beginning and
Christianity Jesus Christ Jesrusalem church The Holy Bible because they are the victims, maybe we Page 88 – exercise 7
even feel sorry for them and we want Watson, Gregson, Stangerson,
Islam the Prophet Mecca mosque the Qur’an Jefferson.
Muhammad
the murderer to be caught. Now we
probably don’t feel sorry for Drebber Page 88 – exercise 8
Judaism Abraham, Moses Jerusalem, Mount synagogue, temple or Stangerson because of what
Sinai happened to John and Lucy. We 1C2E3D4A 5B
possibly even think of Jefferson Hope Page 88 – exercise 9
The Church of Joseph Smith Salt Lake City temple (church) the Book of
(before the murder) as a hero.
Jesus Christ of Mormon 2 and 3 are pronounced [snn]. Son as
Latter-day Saints
(Mormons)
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a separate word is pronounced as a CHAPTER THREE Page 101 – exercise 5 Page 108 – exercise 3
strong sound, not a weak sound. In all Page 100 – exercise 1 Open answers. 1 amazement 2 conclusion
the surnames ‘-son’ is pronounced as 3 scientific 4 evolution 5 explained
Lestrade is driving the carriage, the
a weak sound. 6 solution
others are inside the carriage. CHAPTER FOUR
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A3B4C6D1E5F2 Open answers, but possible answers
A It was the only thing he had to Watson is looking happy and curious.
Page 89 – exercise 11 remind him of Lucy. He lost it after He also looks like he admires Holmes. include:
he showed it to the victim as he Holmes looks happy and satisfied A Sherlock Holmes is obviously not
1 HIJACKER 2 PICKPOCKET
killed him. Jefferson returned the with his investigations. stupid, but certainly a bit arrogant
3 SHOPLIFTER 4 MUGGER
house to try and get it but met the in the way he is convinced that his
5 BURGLAR 6 KIDNAPPER Page 102 – exercise 2
policeman and pretended to be answers are right just because of
The missing word is: HITMAN.
drunk. He sent a friend to get it 1A2B3B4C his own deductions. These are not
Page 89 – exercise 12 from Holmes and Watson. always based on facts that are
Page 102 – exercise 3 definite or scientific.
Open answers. B Jefferson was poor and had to get
many different jobs. We know that Open answers. B No, they probably aren’t as stupid.
he worked as a cleaner in America Conan Doyle makes them more
The Mormons Page 107 – exercise 1
stupid, so that Sherlock Holmes
and a cabdriver in London. A F – Jefferson Hope was dead.
Page 93 – exercise 1 C We know that he held a knife to appears to be clever.
B T C T D T E T F F – he was C There probably are other possible
1A2D3C4B Drebber’s throat and gave him a amused.
choice between two pills – one solutions to some of the clues, e.g.
Page 94 – Internet project poisoned, the other not. He then Page 107 – exercise 2 maybe the murderer wasn’t the
Student’s activity. took the other pill himself. Drebber cabdriver, but he paid a cabdriver
B The man must have been poisoned.
died and he showed him the to commit the murder.
Page 94 – exercise 2 C The dead man must have been
wedding ring. Jefferson did the afraid or angry and probably knew Page 109 – exercise 5
Possibly negative. Although they are same thing with Stangerson. But his killer.
the victims we feel that they are dead Open answers.
Stangerson did not take the pills. D The murderer must have wanted it
because they wouldn’t accept Lucy Instead he jumped at him, and so very much. It probably reminded Page 109 – exercise 6
and John’s choices. We learn about Jefferson stabbed him. him of a woman. Open answers.
polygamy, and also in this case see a D He was standing in the cabdriver’s E The telegram must have been to
negative side of it. In the eyes of the yard when a young boy said that warn Drebber and Stangerson that
author they appear controlling and someone wanted a cab in Baker Jefferson Hope was looking for
intolerant. Street. He went there not them.
Page 94 – exercise 3 suspecting anything and was F The murderer must have been the
arrested by Holmes. cab driver.
Open answers.
(some of the information to discuss Page 100 – exercise 3
these questions can be found by The identity of the person who came
using a search engine on the Internet to collect the ring.
and key words – Mormons + wives
and marriage, Mormons + church). Page 101 – exercise 4
London. Possible answers: They have
an engine. You no longer need a
horse! They all look the same:
probably the carriages were different
shapes and colours.

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