RT-KEY Study in Scarlet

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Page 21 – exercise 5 Page 30 – exercise 4 Open answers. 1 The man is face down. 2 There is B2.1 no blood on the floor. 3 The detective (left) doesn’t have a CHAPTER TWO A STUDY moustache. 4 Holmes does not have Page 21 – exercise 1 a hat. 5 There is a lamp, not a A-C Open answers. (Possible answers candle, above the fireplace. 6 The C: there is no light in the room; there window frame is a different colour. is blood on the floor; the man has 7 The detective doesn’t have the something in his hand). telegram in his hand. 8 The victim is not holding anything in his hand. Page 21 – exercise 2 in Scarlet Page 30 – exercise 5 Mr Gregson at Scotland Yard, asking KEY TO THE EXERCISES AND EXIT TEST for Holmes’ help in the case. Part one: A Watson B Holmes C Gregson and Page 28 – exercise 1 Lestrade D Holmes E Watson Sir Arthur Conan Doyle D The death of both his father and A Where did the murder take place? F Holmes. wife in just a short space of time. In a house on Brixton Road. Part two: Page 7 – exercise 1 E Open answer. B Who was investigating the case? Holmes’ questions need more direct B In 1885 Conan Doyle received a Page 7 – exercise 3 Scotland Yard – detectives answers, e.g., ‘Are you sure there’s no degree in medicine from Edinburgh Gregson and Lestrade. injury?’ The answer is often yes or 1, 2 and 4 are connected to Sherlock University. C What did the house look like? It no. Holmes. 3 and 5 are connected to C In 1887 A Study in Scarlet was first looked empty and sad and had a Part three: open answers. published, in Beeton’s Christmas Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian small, untidy garden. Inside the Annual. detective, Hercule Poirot. wallpaper was old and torn and Page 31 – exercise 6 D In 1890 the second Sherlock there was no furniture in the room Open answers. Holmes novel, The Sign of Four, PART ONE - CHAPTER ONE they were in. was published. D Did Lestrade think the murderer Page 19 – exercise 1 CHAPTER THREE E In 1893 Conan Doyle’s wife was was a man? No, he thought it was diagnosed with tuberculosis. 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 A a woman named Rachel. Page 31 – exercise 1 F In 1901 The Strand magazine Page 20 – exercise 2 E What did the man have in his Holmes says he knows these things published the first episode of The pocket? A gold watch and two about the murderer: he is tall, with A 5 B 4 C 2 D 3 E 1 F no Hound of the Baskervilles. letters. small feet. He has a red face. He has Page 20 – exercise 3 F What was the word (written) on long fingernails on his right hand. He Page 7 – exercise 2 Possible answers: 1 He was brown the wall? Rache. smokes cigars. He also knows that he A On a ship. First as an arctic whaler, from the sun. 2 He was probably a arrived at the house in a cab with the and then travelling to Africa. Page 28 – exercise 2 doctor. 3 He had been victim. B He was a doctor, a politician, a 1 C 2 D 3 E 4 A 5 F 6 B shot/wounded. 4 He had hurt his crime writer and a spiritualist. Page 31 – exercise 2 arm while he was in the army. Page 29 – exercise 3 C No, he felt his life was being taken The cab he sees from the wheel over by Sherlock Holmes and Page 21 – exercise 4 1 was found/has been found 2 victim marks from the night before (only 3 is thought 4 have said 5 evidence wanted to end the stories. He C one set of wheel marks). The probably wanted to be 6 was murdered 7 motive 8 is footprints show that he is tall but has remembered for other things, too. 9 are looking 10 clues 11 is believed small feet. The scratch of his 12 have been asked 13 case fingernail when writing with the (deduction not needed) blood on the wall show he writes with

2 KEY TO THE EXERCISES KEY TO THE EXERCISES his right hand and his fingernail must Page 42 – exercise 7 Page 50 – exercise 6 Page 60 – exercise 4 be long. There was ash from a cigar A nearest B murderer C confused 1 2345 A We are kept guessing as on the floor. It is not clear why he D drunk E lose F disappointed to what Holmes really 6 S C O T L A N D Y A R D had a red face. G man H tired I young does know and we want T C R R R Page 39 – exercise 1 Missing word: secretary to know how he will A 7 Q U I E T E arrive at his conclusion, A F – He sent a telegram. Page 42 – exercise 8 N U V H B just like Watson does. B T C F – It was only Holmes that gold wedding ring; found – Brixton saw it. D T E F – He left a ring. Road; ask for (not apply); 221B Baker G A E 8 U R B A N Page 60 – exercise 5 F T Street. E 11 9 I N N E R E 2 and 4 were not found in the room. Page 39 – exercise 2 10 R A C H E N R Part one: CHAPTER FOUR S L T 12 Page 61 – exercise 6 A 4 B 1 C 5 D 2 E 6 F 3 Page 49 – exercise 1 O U 14A 15 M The pills. Part two: open answers. 1 B 2 C 3 A 4 A 13 N I E C E N W A Page 61 – exercise 7 Page 40 – exercise 3 Page 49 – exercise 2 A C A G He gives one to a sick dog. 1 must have come 2 might have been 1 Arthur Charpentier used a stick to B E U S T O N One pill is harmless, the 3 might have lost the ring 4 must 16 kill Drebber. other pill kills the dog. have been D S I 2 Drebber was staying at Possible answers as to why Page 41 – exercise 4 Charpentier’s Guest House. R O F the murder had two pills: he wanted to trick the victim 1 2 a.m. 2 no one 3 a light in one of 3 The wedding ring was just a trick 17 A M E R I C A N N Y into thinking he was going the windows 4 called for help 5 tall, to give the police the wrong idea. V I to poison him and then kill with a red face, wearing an overcoat 4 Drebber became violent because E N him another way. He wanted 6 an idiot/stupid he was drunk. R G to trick the police, etc. Real Page 41 – exercise 5 Page 49 – exercise 3 answer: he was giving his CHAPTER FIVE Crime type: murder Correct order: 2, 4, 1, 3 victim a choice over life and Page 59 – exercise 1 death to truly see if there At: 23, Brixton Road Page 50 – exercise 4 Time reported: 2.30 a.m 1 E 2 D 3 F 4 B 5 A 6 C was justice. To create suspense and not give all Victim: M. Name: Enoch Drebber the details so we want to know more. Page 59 – exercise 2 State of victim...: already dead Possible answers: Chapter One: ‘But Time of death: late evening/early We don’t know D, H, or J. We only know G this is terrible! There’s been a morning Cause of death: poison? in part. murder.’ We want to know more Name of other officers…: Lestrade about the murder. Chapter Two: Page 60 – exercise 3 and Gregson (Scotland Yard) ‘Come, Doctor Watson… don’t waste Suspect: M. Name: unknown Name and The victims Where the bodies Cause of death Clues your time looking for Miss Rachel.’ description of the were found (if known) Other information: tall, small feet, We want to know more about what murderer (or long fingernails. Smokes. Possibly Holmes knows. Chapter Three: ‘His Holmes’ suspect) American. Speaks German? passenger had disappeared… That Jefferson Hope. Enoch Drebber – in a house in Brixton most likely poisoned the smell of poison Page 42 – exercise 6 wasn’t an old woman.’ We want to Tall man, short feet, American, middle- Road on his lips, the red face. Long aged, beard, often blood, the writing Open answers. know who the passenger was. fingernails. Probably drunk. on the wall Page 50 – exercise 5 American. He’s a cab driver. Open answer. Joseph Stangerson. in a room in the stabbed, possibly pills (one poisoned), Drebber’s secretary. Halliday Hotel poisoned? the writing on the Also American. wall, blood from 3 knife wound KEY TO THE EXERCISES KEY TO THE EXERCISES

Page 61 – exercise 8 PART TWO – CHAPTER ONE Page 75 – Internet project Page 87 – exercise 4 All of these objects could be used Page 74 – exercise 1 Student’s activity. Open answers but possible adjectives except possibly a fingernail or a letter include: A T B F – they were going to find a Page 76 – exercise 4 (unless first poisoned or with new place to live. A – hardworking, dedicated, poor A 5 B 2 C 4 D not needed E 1 F 3 explosives, etc.). Money could be a C F – they took them to Utah. B – dedicated, cruel, powerful, motive, but not a weapon. D T E F – he did not oppose the Page 76 – exercise 5 drunk, violent Open answers. C – weak, cruel, powerful marriage. 1 to 2 these 3 that 4 with 5 called Page 61 – exercise 9 F T G T H F – she had to choose 6 of 7 after 8 had 9 such 10 more Page 88 – exercise 5 between Stangerson or Drebber’s sons. The man is too small to reach the I F – she was extremely sad. Page 77 – exercise 6 YPVSGYFDDD I XGV I button on the 13th floor so he presses Open answer. MVC I GSQNY SNMNNR the button for the 9th floor, which is Page 74 – exercise 2 XURFOXQQUBMD I GU where he can reach, and goes up the Open answers. Possible answers: VKUGSLMEYYEAKEH rest of the stairs. Of course, when he CHAPTER TWO A The telegram found in the room MT EC L F EXPTGDR J P remembers his umbrella he can use that says ‘JH is in Europe’. We know Page 77 – exercise 1 HNL E SUQNAHKWOGD to reach the button of the 13th floor! Jefferson Hope is the murderer and D ZVNBEUECTWVQWNG here his past life in America is SE J PAS I XMGTGDHM London in the 1880s introduced. We also read the names Page 86 – exercise 1 HAZUKDZREZ ZMRRF Stangerson and Drebber, so we A 6 B 3 C 2 D 7 E 4 F 8 G 5 H 1 EPOWERFULCMFA J I Page 65 – exercise 9 realise we will now find out that EDRDZRDNK J RMHUR Page 86 – exercise 2 A F – the introduction of the the motive is connected to TRYVKROKUPNZSWN Education Act changed things. something which happened in We don’t yet know: C, E. We know: A, RQMBUQQO I FD I QF F B F – they are similar. America, not London. B, D, F (partly). Answers: A – Salt Z L I NKA EWP PDP J FH C T D T E F – there were not enough B Yes, because he becomes rich and is Lake City; B – Yes, they were MAKRX SDWS I RQMWO houses and living conditions were happy raising Lucy as his daughter, wealthy; D – The ring belonged to terrible. but the only problem is polygamy the woman he loved and it was a F F – it was a period of peace and and the fact he therefore doesn’t symbol of his revenge; F (we know security for the rich. take a wife. this in part) – He wanted revenge for Page 88 – exercise 6 the fact they killed John Ferrier and Page 65 – exercise 2 C Possible answers: scared, alone, Open answers. (Possible answers afraid but hopeful. died because of them. We don’t know include the fact that both Drebber Open answers. why he chose the pills or why Page 75 – exercise 3 and Stangerson were in a way guilty Stangerson was stabbed. of murder themselves. Hope did Name of religion Central Holy places Place of worship Holy text Page 86 – exercise 3 something that he shouldn’t have figure(s)/founder done, but this was not such an Possible answers: We don’t really unusual way of resolving such a thing Buddhism Siddharta Tibet temple the Four Noble know them at the beginning and at this time). Gautama Truths because they are the victims, maybe Christianity Jesus Christ Jesrusalem church The Holy Bible we even feel sorry for them and we Page 88 – exercise 7 want the murderer to be caught. Now Watson, Gregson, Stangerson, Islam the Prophet Mecca mosque the Qur’an we probably don’t feel sorry for Jefferson. Muhammad Drebber or Stangerson because of what happened to John and Lucy. We Page 88 – exercise 8 Judaism Abraham, Moses Jerusalem, Mount synagogue, temple Sinai possibly even think of Jefferson Hope 1 C 2 E 3 D 4 A 5 B (before the murder) as a hero. The Church of Joseph Smith Salt Lake City temple (church) the Book of Jesus Christ of Mormon Latter-day Saints (Mormons) 6 KEY TO THE EXERCISES KEY TO THE EXERCISES

Page 88 – exercise 9 CHAPTER THREE Page 101 – exercise 5 Page 108 – exercise 3 2 and 3 are pronounced [sn]. Son as Page 100 – exercise 1 Open answers. 1 amazement 2 conclusion a separate word is pronounced as a Lestrade is driving the carriage, the 3 scientific 4 evolution 5 explained strong sound, not a weak sound. In all 6 solution others are inside the carriage. CHAPTER FOUR the surnames ‘-son’ is pronounced as Page 108 – exercise 4 a weak sound. Page 100 – exercise 2 Page 102 – exercise 1 A It was the only thing he had to Watson is looking happy and curious. Open answers, but possible answers Page 89 – exercise 10 remind him of Lucy. He lost it after He also looks like he admires Holmes. include: A 3 B 4 C 6 D 1 E 5 F 2 he showed it to the victim as he Holmes looks happy and satisfied A Sherlock Holmes is obviously not stupid, but certainly a bit arrogant Page 89 – exercise 11 killed him. Jefferson returned the with his investigations. house to try and get it but met the in the way he is convinced that his 1 HIJACKER 2 PICKPOCKET Page 102 – exercise 2 policeman and pretended to be answers are right just because of 3 SHOPLIFTER 4 MUGGER drunk. He sent a friend to get it 1 A 2 B 3 B 4 C his own deductions. These are not 5 BURGLAR 6 KIDNAPPER from Holmes and Watson. always based on facts that are The missing word is: HITMAN. Page 102 – exercise 3 B Jefferson was poor and had to get definite or scientific. Open answers. Page 89 – exercise 12 many different jobs. We know that B No, they probably aren’t as stupid. Conan Doyle makes them more Open answers. he worked as a cleaner in America Page 107 – exercise 1 and a cabdriver in London. stupid, so that Sherlock Holmes A F – Jefferson Hope was dead. appears to be clever. The Mormons C We know that he held a knife to B T C T D T E T F F – he was Drebber’s throat and gave him a C There probably are other possible amused. solutions to some of the clues, e.g. Page 93 – exercise 1 choice between two pills – one poisoned, the other not. He then Page 107 – exercise 2 maybe the murderer wasn’t the 1 A 2 D 3 C 4 B cabdriver, but he paid a cabdriver took the other pill himself. Drebber B The man must have been poisoned. to commit the murder. Page 94 – Internet project died and he showed him the C The dead man must have been Student’s activity. wedding ring. Jefferson did the afraid or angry and probably knew Page 109 – exercise 5 same thing with Stangerson. But his killer. Open answers. Page 94 – exercise 2 Stangerson did not take the pills. D The murderer must have wanted it Possibly negative. Although they are Instead he jumped at him, and so very much. It probably reminded Page 109 – exercise 6 the victims we feel that they are dead Jefferson stabbed him. him of a woman. Open answers. because they wouldn’t accept Lucy D He was standing in the cabdriver’s E The telegram must have been to and John’s choices. We learn about yard when a young boy said that warn Drebber and Stangerson that polygamy, and also in this case see a someone wanted a cab in Baker Jefferson Hope was looking for negative side of it. In the eyes of the Street. He went there not them. author they appear controlling and suspecting anything and was F The murderer must have been the intolerant. arrested by Holmes. cab driver. Page 94 – exercise 3 Page 100 – exercise 3 Open answers. The identity of the person who came (some of the information to discuss to collect the ring. these questions can be found by Page 101 – exercise 4 using a search engine on the Internet and key words – Mormons + wives London. Possible answers: They have and marriage, Mormons + church). an engine. You no longer need a horse! They all look the same: probably the carriages were different shapes and colours.

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love for a young man, Jefferson Hope. Fortunately her father 1 What can you remember about the events in the story? Complete the accepts him but the Mormons don’t. They want her to marry one sentences with the correct information. of the elders’ sons. 1 The letter Holmes received was from...... 3 Both men are very powerful and are determined to use their position in the Mormon community to make John Ferrier change 2 The first murder took place in...... his mind. John Ferrier soon receives threats and knows he must 3 When the detectives looked in Enoch Drebbers’ pockets they leave if he is to protect both himself and Lucy. found...... 4 But just when we think they have found freedom something 4 The murderer returned to the house because...... terrible happens. Jefferson goes to hunt for food but returns to 5 Holmes said that word ‘Rache’ was...... find the grave of his friend, John Ferrier. Lucy has also 6 When Holmes jumped onto the cab to follow the old disappeared. Hope decides to return to Salt Lake City to rescue woman...... Lucy from the Mormons, but it is too late, she is already married, 7 Drebber and Strangerson left their hotel to go to the station to very unhappily, to one of their sons...... 5 Jefferson Hope chases Drebber and Strangerson across America 8 Gregson said they had found the murderer. He said he was and finally to Europe, where he catches up with them in London...... We know the rest of the story. Now we only need to know how Jefferson killed his victims. 9 Lestrade went to the Halliday Inn to find Stangerson but ...... 10 In the room at the Halliday Inn they found ...... A Jefferson Hope meanwhile has gone away from Salt Lake City, to make money so that he can marry Lucy. John Ferrier waits for 11 Holmes gives a pill to ...... Jefferson to return. The three run away secretly at night. 12 Jefferson said that he continued working as a cab driver because B The new story is set in a North American desert. As the only survivors ...... of a group of 21 people travelling to the west, the situation for John 13 Jefferson took the pills from ...... Ferrier and a little girl, Lucy, appears hopeless. But then they meet a 14 Holmes is not told the identity of ...... caravan of Mormons who take them to start their new life in Salt Lake City. FCE 2 You are going to read a summary of the two chapters in Part Two set in C Lucy dies broken-hearted but Hope still manages to get into the city to America. Three paragraphs have been removed. Choose one (A-D) to fit take Lucy’s wedding ring from her lifeless body. But this is just the each gap. There is one paragraph you don’t need to use. start of his desire for revenge. D It is at this point that we see a less happy side of their life within the 1 In Part Two, Conan Doyle changes not only the location but also Mormon community. The two men who want Lucy to marry their sons, the style to give us what seems to be a completely new story. It is a certain Drebber and Strangerson, are already known to us, but we only when we read on that we realise that he is giving us all we only know them as the victims. We now start to find out more about need to know to solve the rest of the mystery. their characters. 2 As the years go by everything goes well for John Ferrier, but trouble lies ahead in the form of now older beautiful Lucy and her Photocopiable © 2006 Black Cat Publishing Photocopiable © 2006 Black Cat Publishing

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1 1 …Detective Gregson of Scotland Yard. 2 …a house in Brixton Road. 3 …a business card with the victim’s name on it, a gold watch and two tickets for a boat from Liverpool to New York. 4 …he wanted to get back the ring he had dropped. 5 …the German word for revenge. 6 …she disappeared and Holmes understood that it was really a young man dressed as an old woman. 7 …catch a train to Liverpool. 8 …Arthur Charpentier, an officer in the Royal Navy. 9 …he had been murdered. 10 …a book, a pipe, a glass of water and a box containing two pills. 11 …the landlady’s dog. 12 …he came to Europe to follow Stangerson and Drebber and needed to work, because he had no money to return to America. 13 …a laboratory where he worked in America. 14 …the friend who helped Jefferson Hope.

2 1 B 2 D 3 A 4 C