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The Speckled Band

SETTING 9 Holmes and Watson take off their shoes and
wait in the dark _____.
Choose the best answer. a at the inn
1 Sherlock Holmes first meets Helen b in the garden
Stoner _____. c in the corridor
a in India d in Julia's room
b in a prison
10 That night, after they hear a cry, Holmes and
c at his home
Watson go into _____.
d at her wedding
a Julia's room
2 Helen lives with _____. b Helen's room
a her mother c Roylott's room
b her stepfather d the garden
c her brother and sister
d her mother and father
3 Julia's room is _____. CHARACTERS
a next to Grimesby Roylott's room
b on the first floor Choose the best answer.
c on the second floor 11 _____ visits Holmes because she is afraid.
d very big a Julia Stoner
4 Holmes and Watson take a train because they b Mrs Roylott
want to visit _____. c Helen Stoner
a London d Mrs Hudson
b Grimesby Roylott 12 The Roylotts aren't an important family
c Leatherhead now, and Dr Grimesby Roylott lives on his
d Helen's house _____ money.
5 Holmes takes out his knife and tries to a wife's
open _____. b daughters'
a a lock c friends'
b the bars on a window d family's
c the door of a safe 13 _____ can smell incense at night, and doesn't
d a ventilator like it.
6 There is a bell rope _____. a Grimesby Roylott
a next to Helen's window b Julia
b In Grimesby Roylott's room c Helen's mother
c over Julia's bed d Helen
d near the chimney 14 _____ hears a cry, and tries to help Julia.
7 Holmes and Watson go to _____ and wait for a Watson
Grimesby Roylott to come home. b Holmes
a Stoke Moran c Helen
b the garden d Roylott's servant
c an inn 15 Holmes wants _____ to leave his house.
d Helen's room a Grimesby Roylott
8 The _____ is always in the same position in b Watson
Julia's room. c Mrs Hudson
a furniture d a gypsy
b bed
c chair
d lamp

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16 _____ shows Watson Mrs Roylott's will. b Watson
a Grimesby Roylott c Helen
b Holmes d Grimesby Roylott
c Helen
24 ‘Helen, do you ever hear a whistling noise
d Julia
at night?’
17 People are working in _____ room, so a Grimesby Roylott
nobody sleeps there at the moment. b Helen's mother
a Julia's c Julia
b Helen's d Holmes
c Mrs Roylott's
25 ‘I'm leaving because I want to leave, not
d Grimesby Roylott's
because you tell me!’
18 _____ is not afraid of going into the house a Watson
with Holmes. b Mrs Hudson
a Helen c Grimesby Roylott
b Grimesby Roylott d Helen
c Julia
26 ‘This bell-rope doesn't go anywhere.’
d Watson
a Holmes
19 _____ stands on a chair and puts a snake b Watson
through the ventilator. c Grimesby Roylott
a Helen d Helen
b Watson
27 ‘I'm not afraid, Holmes. I want to help.’
c a gypsy
a Grimesby Roylott
d Grimesby Roylott
b Helen
20 _____ talks to the police about Grimesby c Watson
Roylott's death, but doesn't say anything. d Julia
a Helen
28 ‘Do not sleep, and have your pistol near.’
b a gypsy
a Watson
c Watson
b a gypsy
d Holmes
c Grimesby Roylott
d Holmes
29 ‘It’s the speckled band!’
DIALOGUE a Holmes
Who says this? b Watson
c Helen
21 ‘There is a young woman at the door. She d Grimesby Roylott
wants to see you.’
a Holmes 30 ‘We’re sorry about your stepfather, Miss
b Helen Stoner but snakes are dangerous animals.’
c Mrs Hudson a Holmes
d Watson b Watson
c the police
22 ‘Nobody wants to visit us. It's terrible!’ d  the gyps ie s
a Watson
b Grimesby Roylott
c Holmes
d Helen
23 ‘I want to go to Stoke Moran today. I must
see the house.’
a Holmes

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39 you use this to kill someone
VOCABULARY
a  s m oke
Choose the best answer. b  pis tol
c  crime
31 this person lives with or has nobody
d  m a tch
a  te rrible
b  a lone 40 people and things can go across this
c  poor a  his s
d  sad b  pois on
c  s na ke
32 this person doesn't have a house and travels
d  bridge
a lot
a  s e rva nt
b  che e ta h
c  gy
psy PLOT
d  s te pfa the r
Choose the best answer.
33 to see pictures in your head
a  im a gine 41 Grimesby Roylott is angry after a robbery at
b  whis tle his house, and he kills _____.
c  s m e ll a  a s e rva nt
d  light b  a gyps y
c  his brothe r
34 this makes a door stay closed d  his wife
a  m a rk
b  lock 42 Helen can't stop thinking about _____.
c  la m p a  he r we dding
d  pris on b  India
c  the gyps ie s
35 smoke from a fire goes outside through this d  J ulia 's de a th
a  corridor
b  chim ne y 43 Julia can't sleep at night. She can smell
c  tra p incense and hear _____.
d  poke r a  ta lking
b  whis tling
36 this paper says who has your money after c  m us ic
you die d  a door ope ning
a  ca ne
b  guilty 44 When his stepdaughters marry, Grimesby
c  tra p Roylott _____.
d  will a  m us t le a ve the hous e
b  is ha ppy
37 people put expensive things in this c  prison
in is
a  le a d d  los e s m one y
b  bell-rope
c  s a fe 45 Helen is happy to see Holmes and Watson
d  inn but worried when she learns about _____.
a  Roylott's vi
sit
38 to move something nearer to you b  J ulia 's we dding
a  be nd c  the gyps ie s
b  pull d  Mrs Roylott's will
c  throw
d  loop

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46 Holmes is interested in the _____ in
Julia's room.
a 
bell-rope
b  s a fe
c  door
d  cha ir
47 Holmes and Watson go to Roylott's house
after they see _____ from the inn.
a  a light
b  Roylott's tra p
c  He le n
d  a gyps y
48 When Holmes and Watson are in the garden,
they meet a _____.
a  che e ta h
b  ca t
c  child
d  ba boon
49 At three o'clock, someone _____.
a  ope ns the door
b  s houts
c  lights a la m p
d  le a ve s the hous e
50 Holmes uses _____ to catch the snake.
a  ince ns e
b  his ca ne
c  the dog le a d
d  m ilk

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SETTING VOCABULARY
1c 31 b
2b 32 c
3a 33 a
4d 34 b
5c 35 b
6b 36 d
7c 37 c
8b 38 b
9d 39 b
10 c 40 d

CHARACTERS PLOT
11 c 41 a
12 a 42 d
13 b 43 b
14 c 44 d
15 a 45 a
16 b 46 a
17 b 47 a
18 d 48 d
19 d 49 c
20 a 50 c

DIALOGUE
21 c
22 d
23 a
24 c
25 c
26 a
27 c
28 d
29 a
30 c