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Adventure of the Speckled Band

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8th Grade Language Arts study quiz for "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Question 1

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Who is the narrator of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band?"
Answer
  • Dr. Grimesby Roylott
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Dr. John Watson
  • Helen Stoner

Question 2

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"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is told in [blank_start]first person[blank_end] point of view.
Answer
  • first person
  • second person
  • third person limited
  • third person omniscient

Question 3

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Watson was prompted to tell this story mainly to clear up the rumors surrounding the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
The literary device in the quotation "Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me, too, and at least throw a little light through the dense darkness which surrounds me?" is an example of a [blank_start]metaphor[blank_end].
Answer
  • metaphor

Question 5

Question
The literary device in the quotation "But I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart" is an example of a [blank_start]hyperbole[blank_end].
Answer
  • hyperbole

Question 6

Question
The main part of the exposition is when [blank_start]Helen tells Holmes her story[blank_end]. The main part of the rising action is when [blank_start]Holmes and Watson investigate the manor[blank_end]. The major conflict is [blank_start]Holmes vs. Roylott[blank_end]. The main part of the climax is when [blank_start]Holmes attacks the swamp adder[blank_end]. The main part of the falling action is when [blank_start]Watson wraps up the events at the manor[blank_end]. The main part of the resolution is when [blank_start]Holmes explains his deductions to Watson[blank_end].
Answer
  • Helen tells Holmes her story
  • Holmes wakes up Watson to hear a mystery
  • Dr. Grimesby Roylott threatens Holmes
  • Holmes and Watson investigate the manor
  • Sherlock Holmes vs. Dr. Grimesby Roylott
  • Dr. Grimesby Roylott vs. Helen Stoner
  • Holmes attacks the swamp adder
  • Holmes &Watson hold their silent vigil
  • Watson wraps up the events at the manor
  • Dr. Grimesby Roylott dies.
  • Holmes explains his deductions to Watson
  • Dr. Grimesby Roylott dies

Question 7

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The "speckled band" itself refers to a [blank_start]swamp adder[blank_end].
Answer
  • swamp adder

Question 8

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This is a paragraph describing the outside of the manor. Please put a check mark next to each clue.
Answer
  • The building was of gray, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side.
  • In one of these wings the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partly caved in, a picture of ruin.
  • The central portion was in little better repair, but the right-hand block was comparatively modern, and the blinds in the windows, with the blue smoke curling up from the chimneys, showed that this was where the family resided.
  • Some scaffolding had been erected against the end wall, and the stone-work had been broken into, but there were no signs of any workmen at the moment of our visit.
  • Holmes walked slowly up and down the ill-trimmed lawn and examined with deep attention the outsides of the windows.
  • Holmes, after a careful examination through the open window, endeavoured in every way to force the shutter open, but without success.
  • Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.

Question 9

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This is a paragraph describing Julia Stoner's former room. Please put a check mark next to each clue.
Answer
  • It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses.
  • A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window.
  • These articles, with two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre.
  • The boards round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-eaten oak, so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building of the house.
  • Holmes pointed to a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.
  • He threw himself down upon his face with his lens in his hand and crawled swiftly backward and forward, examining minutely the cracks between the boards.
  • Then he did the same with the wood-work with which the chamber was panelled.
  • Finally he walked over to the bed and spent some time in staring at it and in running his eye up and down the wall.

Question 10

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This is a paragraph describing Dr. Grimesby Roylott's room. Please mark each clue.
Answer
  • Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his stepdaughter, but was as plainly furnished.
  • A camp-bed, a small wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a technical character, an armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against the wall, a round table, and a large iron safe were the principal things which met the eye.
  • "What's in here?" he asked, tapping the safe. "My stepfather's business papers."
  • He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it.
  • He squatted down in front of the wooden chair and examined the seat of it with the greatest attention.

Question 11

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What was Helen Stoner's relationship to Dr. Grimesby Roylott?
Answer
  • his neice
  • his daughter
  • his stepdaughter
  • his sister

Question 12

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At the end of the story, Sherlock Holmes used a [blank_start]leash[blank_end] to return the snake to its safe.
Answer
  • leash

Question 13

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Identify the error in this line of the story: "I shall order you a cup of hot coffee for I observe that you are shivering."
Answer
  • run-on sentence
  • comma splice
  • sentence fragment
  • no error

Question 14

Question
Identify the error in this line of the story: "And now I beg that you will lay before us everything that may help us in forming an opinion upon the matter."
Answer
  • run-on sentence
  • comma splice
  • sentence fragment
  • no error

Question 15

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What signaled the major change in Dr. Roylott's personality?
Answer
  • His trial and imprisonment in India
  • The death of his wife
  • The move from India to England
  • The death of Julia Stoner

Question 16

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Which of the following was not in Dr. Grimesby Roylott's bedroom?
Answer
  • a bed
  • a bell-pull
  • a shelf of books
  • a round table

Question 17

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Dr. Roylott controlled the snake using a [blank_start]whistle[blank_end] and a [blank_start]saucer[blank_end] of [blank_start]milk[blank_end].
Answer
  • whistle
  • saucer
  • milk

Question 18

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The bell-pull in Julia's room was attached to the what?
Answer
  • ceiling
  • ventilator
  • bed
  • window

Question 19

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Based on the wording "speckled band," Holmes first mistakenly believed that [blank_start]gypsies[blank_end] were involved.
Answer
  • gypsies

Question 20

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Identify the error in this line of the story: "The trees and wayside hedges were just throwing out their first green shoots, the air was full of the pleasant smell of the moist earth."
Answer
  • run-on sentence
  • comma splice
  • sentence fragment
  • no error

Question 21

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The gypsies were the ones making the whistling noise.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 22

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The speckled band was hidden inside a drawer.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 23

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Sherlock Holmes and John Watson encountered Dr. Roylott's cheetah.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 24

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Identify the error in this line of the story: "Holmes walked slowly up and down the ill-trimmed lawn and examined with deep attention the outsides of the windows."
Answer
  • run-on sentence
  • comma splice
  • sentence fragment
  • no error

Question 25

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What caused the snake to bite Dr. Roylott?
Answer
  • He didn't call it back in time.
  • He stepped on it.
  • He didn't feed it.
  • It was mad.
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