Sherlock Holmes - prep test

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Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle

Prep Test

Chapters 1-3

The following quiz questions are about chapters 1 till 3.

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True or False?
Sherlock Holmes decided to help Mrs Warren because she gave him ten pounds.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
Mrs Warren was frightened because she never saw the lodger but heard his footsteps at night.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
The lodger read the Daily Gazette.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
Mr Warren went to the police because 2 men pushed him into a cab one mornning.

1. True
2. False

True or false?
Holmes and Watson saw the lodger's face in the mirror.

1. True
2. False

True or false?
Holmes thought the lodger was a dangerous criminal.

1. True
2. False

Put the sentences in order

A  He never left his room and he received no letters or friends.

B  The lodger received messages in the advertisements of the newspaper.

C  With these facts Holmes deduced these things.

D  Mrs Warren had a strange young lodger with a beard.

E  They were too short for a man with a beard.

F  The person in the room now was not the person who had rented it.

G  In one note he asked for the Daily Gazette, a newspaper.

H  He left notes outside his door.

I  Holmes examined the lodger’s cigarette stubs.

J  These notes contained only one or two words in capital letters.

Chapters 4-7

The following questions are about chapters 4 till 7.

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True or false?
Holmes and Watson met Gregson and Leverton outside the red building.

1. True
2. False

True or false?
Gorgiano sent messages to the lodger using the flame of the candle.

1. True
2. False

True or False?
Leverton came from New York because he wanted to arrest Gennaro.

1. False
2. True

True or false?
Gorgiano's body was on the floor in Mrs Warren's house.

1. True
2. False

True or false?
Emilia and Gennaro met Tito Castalotte in New York and became good friends.

1. True
2. False

True or false?
The Red Circle told Gennaro to kill Tito Castalotte.

1. False
2. True

True or False?
Emilia and Gennaro went to London to meet Gorgiano.

1. True
2. False

True or false?
Gregson asked Emilia to go with him to Scotland Yard.

1. True
2. False

Put the sentences in order

A He was looking for a killer named Gorgiano of the Red Circle, a criminal organisation.

B They went into the house and found Gorgiano’s body.

C Holmes made a signal at the window with the candle, and Emilia Lucca – Mrs Warren’s lodger – arrived.

D ‘Three men left this building,’ said Gregson, ‘but not Gorgiano.’

E She told them her story: ‘My husband and I met in Italy, but we moved to New York City. My husband worked for a man named Mr Castalotte.

F One day Gorgiano came to our house because my husband was also a member of the Red Circle.

G We told Mr Castalotte, and came to London.

H Gennaro found a place for me to hide.’

I An American detective was also outside the house.

J Later, Giorgiano told my husband to kill Mr Castalotte

Put the sentences in order

A  He was looking for a killer named Gorgiano of the Red Circle, a criminal organisation.

B  They went into the house and found Gorgiano’s body.

C  Holmes made a signal at the window with the candle, and Emilia Lucca – Mrs        

     Warren’s lodger – arrived.

D  ‘Three men left this building,’ said Gregson, ‘but not Gorgiano.’

E  She told them her story: ‘My husband and I met in Italy, but we moved to New York  

     City. My husband worked for a man named Mr Castalotte.

F  One day Gorgiano came to our house because my husband was also a member of 

     the Red Circle.

G  We told Mr Castalotte, and came to London.

H  Gennaro found a place for me to hide.’

I   An American detective was also outside the house.

J   Later, Giorgiano told my husband to kill Mr Castalotte

Preparation 

Test is on Monday 29 March

Read your summary for every chapter

Recap all the characters

Focus on the main events but also on the details. 

Bring own dictionaries E-N and N-E to test!

Answer the open questions in English on the test!