COMPREHENSION TEST: SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORT STORIES

Name:
Date:
1) THE AUTHOR: Answer.
1. Who was the author of the short story?
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2. Where was he born?
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3. What was his profession?
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4. How many times did he marry?
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5. Why did he become interested in spiritualism?
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2) CHARACTERS: Choose the best answer.
1. Sherlock Holmes was _____.
a [ ] an artist

b [ ] a doctor

c [ ] a detective

d [ ] a king

2. Helen Stoner lived with her _____.

a [ ] stepbrother

b [ ] stepmother

c [ ] stepsister

d [ ] stepfather

3. Helen Stoners sister was called _____.

a [ ] Joanna

b [ ] Julia

c [ ] June

d [ ] Jeanne

4. Doctor Roylott was _____ man.

a [ ] an unhappy

b [ ] a poor

c [ ] a handsome

d [ ] a violent

3) Who in The Speckled Band did the following? Dr Roylott, Julia Stoner, Sherlock Holmes,
Helen Stoner, Watson.
a ... came to visit Sherlock Holmess flat in London. ...............
b ... killed his servant in India. ...............
c ... died two years before in the night. ...............
d ... hit the bell-rope very hard. ...............
e ... went with Holmes to Dr Roylotts house. ...............
4) PLOT: Choose the best answer.
1. Sherlock Holmes lived in _____.
a [ ] Baker Road

b [ ] Baker Street

c [ ] Bond Street

2. Sherlock Holmes and Watson were _____.

d [ ] Barker Street

a [ ] brothers

b [ ] cousins

c [ ] friends

d [ ] father and son

3. Sherlock Holmes lived in _____.

a [ ] a flat

b [ ] a house

c [ ] a castle

d [ ] a hotel

4. Helen Stoner was afraid of _____.

a [ ] grey hair

b [ ] her sister

c [ ] death

d [ ] her father

5. Doctor Roylott kept wild animals in his _____.

a [ ] garden

b [ ] house

c [ ] bedroom

d [ ] kitchen

6. The sisters locked their rooms because they were afraid of the _____.
a [ ] snakes

b [ ] servants

c [ ] cats

d [ ] wild animals

7. Helen Stoner heard a _____ in her sisters room.

a [ ] snake

b [ ] whistle

c [ ] servant

d [ ] man

8. Doctor Roylott needed the girls _____.

a [ ] house

b [ ] money

c [ ] cat

d [ ] snake

9. The speckled band was _____.

a [ ] a cat

b [ ] a dog

c [ ] poison

d [ ] a snake

10. The snake bit the doctor because _____.

a [ ] it was happy

b [ ] it was hungry

c [ ] it was angry

d [ ] it was scared

5) DIALOGUE: Who said this?

1. Please help me! Im not thirty yet and look at my grey hair!
a [ ] Watson

b [ ] Sherlock Holmes

c [ ] Doctor Roylott

d [ ] Helen Stoner

c [ ] Helen Stoner

d [ ] Doctor Roylott

2. Tell me everything about her death.

a [ ] Sherlock Holmes

b [ ] Watson

3. But how did you know about the snake, Holmes?

a [ ] Helen Stoner

b [ ] Doctor Roylott

c [ ] Watson

d [ ] Julia Stoner