THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS

Read the third story, The Five Orange Pips, and answer these questions:

1. Who visited and Watson? a. A young man b. A young woman c. An old man

2. What was the weather like that day? a. It was a sunny and lovely day b. It was windy but dry c. It was wet and stormy

3. Who was Elias? a. The visitor’s father b. The visitor’s uncle c. The visitor’s grandfather

4. How did Elias become rich? a. Because he had travelled around the world b. He had bought a plantation in America c. He had travelled to India and made money there

5. When the protagonist went to live to Elias’s house, did he behave badly with him? a. Yes, he was a bad tempered man and hit him b. Yes, he shouted at him all the time c. No, he was very kind to him and let him go everywhere

6. What did Elias receive that shocked him? a. an envelope with three red Ks and five little orange pips b. an envelope with three green Ks and three little orange pips c. a letter with a red key

7. Why did Elias call the lawyer to come to the house? a. Because he wanted to give him a metal box b. Because he wanted to give him his will c. Because he wanted to give him his money

8. What happened to Elias? a. He was shot and thrown to the river b. He was found burned in the garden c. He was found dead next to the lake

9. What did the protagonist and his relative find in the attic? a. Some diaries about Elias’s life in America b. Some letters from India c. An envelope with pips inside

10. What happened after receiving the second envelope? a. The protagonist’s father thought it was a joke but after a few days he died b. The protagonist’s uncle committed suicide c. The protagonist was terrified and called the police

11. After two years, John Openshaw received another envelope with the letters and the pips. Why did he go to see Holmes? a. Because he wanted to see him first before going to the police b. Because the police didn’t believe he was in danger c. Because the police told him to do so

12. What was Elias asked to do? a. To give all his money to a band b. To send some documents c. To put some papers on a sundial

13. Had all the letters been posted in the same place? a. Two of them were posted in India b. The three were posted in different places c. Yes the three letter were posted in the same place

14. What did the K.K.K. represent? a. It was a group of black men who wanted to protest against white people b. It was a political organization who wanted to defend Negroes c. It was a group of men who did not want Negroes to be free people

15. Why did the Ku Klux Kan’s members want to kill the Openshaw’s family? a. Because they wanted Elias to return to America b. Because Elias had documents about the members and their victims c. Because they wanted to inherit the Openshaw’s properties

16. What did Watson read in the headlines that shocked him? a. That John Openshaw had drowned in the river Thames b. That John Openshaw had been found shot next to the river c. That John Openshaw had been found hanged up in his garden

17. Did Holmes and Watson believe that this tragedy had been an accident? a. Yes, a terrible accident b. No, they didn’t and tried to look for the culprit c. No, they thought that he had committed suicide

18. What was The Lone Star? a. It was an Indian ship which had arrived at the port b. It was a ship whose members were all Indian c. It was an American ship whose captain was the leader of the K.K.K. group

19. Sherlock Holmes sent a telegram to the Savannah police. What for? a. To arrest the captain and his friends and make them pay for their crimes b. To warn them that the captain and his crew were illegal people c. To warn them that they had stolen goods in the ship

20. Did the murderers receive the orange pips that Holmes had sent them? a. No, because they escaped before arriving in America b. No, because the ship sank in the Atlantic ocean c. No, because there was a riot in the ship and all the people were killed

21. Which of the three stories did you like best? Justify your answer. ______

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