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‘The Single Man’ Pages 9-14 Answers to book activities 21 a Open answers 1 (c), (a), (e), (b), (f), (d) ‘AScandal in Bohemia’ b Open answers 2 When Irene Adler thinks there is a fire, she 1 It was a part of Western Czechoslovakia. c Open answers gets the photo to keep it safe. 2 a witness b Count c priest d lawyer 22 a true b not true c true d true 3 Open answers 3 a carriage b ring c mask d scandal 23 1 the Duke of Balmoral ‘The Red-Headed League’ e bomb 2 Mr Aloysius Doran 4 a Irene Adler 3 Frank Moulton Page 15 to the bottom of page 23 4 California b The King of Bohemia and Irene Adler 1 (a) Vincent Spaulding 5 her husband is dead together (b) Ezekiah Hopkins 6 the church c Because Irene plans to stop his (c) Jabez Wilson 7 her wedding dress, shoes and flowers marriage. She wants to send the (d) Duncan Ross leave the country photograph to the King of Scandinavia. 2 (a) 24 hours 24 Open answers d No (b) The Red-Headed League closes 5 a so that he can watch Irene Adler ’s house ‘The Copper Beeches’ (c) £32 and get information about her 3 Open answers b so that Irene Adler will let him into her 25 Open answers house 26 a She is asked to cut her hair short, put on Pages 24-29 6 She did her own detective work and followed a blue dress and sit near a window. 1 (a) 30,000 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 4 (e) 2 Holmes to his house. She knew who he was b Miss Rucastle 2 Open answers and she left the country with the photograph c because his dog has its teeth in his neck before he could take it. d Miss Rucastle marries the man she loves ‘The Boscombe Lake Mystery’ 7 a She is happy because she marries a and lives in Australia with him. Violet Page 30 to bottom of page 36 Hunter is a teacher at a school in good man. 1 (a) Because a man saw him following his London. b The King of Bohemia is happy because father with a gun under his arm. A girl 27 Open answers his wedding is safe. saw him and his father. They seemed to 28-33 Open answers be fighting. Later, James McCarthy ‘The Red-Headed League’ arrived at the girl’s house, without his hat 8 Open answers Answers to Factsheet activities or gun and with blood on his shirt. The 9 a and d gun and hat were found near his father’s 10 D, B, F, E, A, C ■ Communicative activities body. 11 a Because he knows some men are going (b) No, he says that he didn’t kill his father. Open answers to try to steal the gold in there. (c) He saw something grey. Perhaps it was a b Inspector Lestrade, Mr Merryweather, coat. ■ Student’s activities and Dr Watson. (d) Because Charles McCarthy wanted his c John Clay - who is Vincent Spaulding - Activities before reading the book son to marry Alice. James was already and his red-headed friend. married, but couldn’t tell his father. Open answers d No (e) She tells him that they were never really 12 Open answers married. She already had a husband Activities while reading the book when they married. ‘The Boscombe Lake Mystery’ ‘AScandal in Bohemia’ 2 Open answers 13 Open answers Page 1 to the bottom of page 8 Pages 37-42 14 a He is a rich farmer. He kills McCarthy. He 1 (a) Because he walks past his house and doesn’t want his daughter to marry 1 (a) Because the grass was growing under it, sees him in the window. He is thinking James McCarthy. so it was only put there a few days ago. about something. Watson decides to visit b He lives on one of Turner’s farms. He is And the shape of the stone will fit the him. killed near Boscombe Lake. He wants his mark on McCarthy’s head. (b) Because he needs Sherlock Holmes’ son to marry Miss Turner. (b) Because he stood behind McCarthy and help. c He is Charles McCarthy’s son. Police hit him on the left side of his head. (c) She is very beautiful. She lives quietly think he killed his father. He is already (c) Because his left foot made a deeper and sings at concerts. She goes for a married, but his father doesn’t know. mark in the mud because he puts less drive every day at 5 o’clock and always d She is Turner’s daughter. She doesn’t weight on his right foot. He does this returns at seven o’clock for dinner. Only think James killed his father. because he has a bad right leg. one man visits her. He is a lawyer and 15 a Holmes finds marks of shoes with square (d) Because he takes long steps when he visits her every day. On the day that toes near where Charles McCarthy was walks. Sherlock Holmes watches her house, she killed. 2 Open answers gets married to the lawyer, Godfrey b It was used to kill Mr McCarthy Norton. ‘The Blue Diamond’ c Turner leaves it near the body of Charles (d) He wants him to stand by the sitting- McCarthy and goes back to get it. Page 43 to the end of page 49 room window. When Sherlock Holmes d It was McCarthy’s last word - he was 1 (a) (ii) (b) (vii) (c) (vi) (d) (iv) (e) (i) (f) (v) lifts his hand, Watson must throw a naming the person who killed him - an (g) (iii) smoke bomb into the room, shout ‘fire, Australian. 2 Open answers fire!’, then go to the end of the street and 16 Open answers wait there. Pages 50-54 ‘The Blue Diamond’ (e) He is dressed as a priest. 1 (a) waiter (b) sister (c) small (d) sister’s 2 he has a beautiful carriage 17 Open answers 2 Open answers he is rich 18 a hard he tells Holmes to tell no one about his visit ‘The Single Man’ b expensive he talks about a request from a King Page 55 to the end of page 59 19 a Lady Morcar he is from Bohemia b James Ryder 1 Robert Simon is the son of the Duke of the newspapers say the King of Bohemia is c He bought it from Mr Windigate for Balmoral. He is forty-one years old and plans in London. Christmas. to marry Hatty, the only daughter of a rich 3 Open answers d James Ryder put it there. American. On the day of the wedding, Hatty 20 Open answers disappears. 2 Open answers

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Pages 60-67 1 (a) Hatty gets a note from Frank when she is leaving the church. It asks her to meet him later. Holmes sees that it was written on the back of a hotel bill. He uses this to find Hatty and Frank. (b) Hatty thinks her husband is dead because of a newspaper report she read. (c) Hatty drops her flowers near Frank so that he can give her a note. 2 (a) taking something from someone (b) Because Hatty is already married, and her husband is alive, she didn’t really marry Lord Simon. (c) ‘What are people going to think.’ 3 Open answers ‘The Copper Beeches’ Page 68 to bottom of page 74 1 (a) Mr Rucastle (b) Violet Hunter (c) Mrs Rucastle (d) Carlo, the dog 2 (a) Violet Hunter to Mr Rucastle, because he wants her to cut her hair. (b) Holmes to Watson, because he knows Violet Hunter will need their help soon. (c) Mr Rucastle to Miss Hunter, asking her to put a blue dress on. (d) Mrs Rucastle to Mr Rucastle, because Violet has seen the man in her mirror. 3 Open answers

Pages 75-80 1 (a) Because she goes to the top floor of the house. Mr Rucastle is very angry with her. He tells her not to go there again. If she does, he will throw her to the dog. (b) They see nobody in the room. The window is open. There are some wooden steps resting against the roof. (c) He shoots the dog. (d) Because Mr Rucastle wants to keep the money that her mother left her. 2 Open answers Activities after reading the book 1 Open answers 2 (a) a blue diamond (b) he copies a dictionary (c) the daughter of the King of Scandinavia (d) Mr Turner (e) his new wife disappears (f) copper beech trees (g) They met in Australia. John Turner and his friends shot at six policemen and a driver who were travelling with a lot of gold. McCarthy was the driver.