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Multiple-choice Test

The Last Sherlock Holmes Story Michael Dibdin

Characters Choose the best answer. 1 _____ usually writes stories about Sherlock Holmes. a [ ] Inspector Lestrade

b [ ] Dr Watson

c [ ] Miss Mary Morstan

d [ ] Arthur Conan Doyle

2 _____ writes this story. a [ ] Sherlock Holmes c [ ] Jack the Ripper

b [ ] Dr Watson d [ ] Professor Moriarty

3 Sherlock Holmes works as a _____. a [ ] policeman

b [ ] police inspector

c [ ] detective

d [ ] writer

4 Sherlock Holmes starts to _____ again. a [ ] take cocaine

b [ ] drink a lot of wine

c [ ] eat too much

d [ ] smoke cigarettes

5 _____ is an evil man and an old enemy of Sherlock Holmes. a [ ] Dr Watson

b [ ] Professor Moriarty

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade

d [ ] Arthur Conan Doyle

6 _____ comes to Sherlock Holmes’s house to talk about the Ripper case. a [ ] The police doctor c [ ] Inspector Lestrade

b [ ] Professor Moriarty d [ ] Miss Mary Morstan

7 Sherlock Holmes thinks that Professor Moriarty is _____ him. a [ ] forgetting

b [ ] following

c [ ] working with

d [ ] shooting at

8 _____ gets married to Miss Mary Morstan. a [ ] Dr Watson

b [ ] Sherlock Holmes

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade

d [ ] Professor Moriarty

9 The police doctor shows Dr Watson a dead _____. a [ ] patient

b [ ] murderer

c [ ] man

d [ ] woman

10 _____ starts to act very strangely. a [ ] Sherlock Holmes

b [ ] Inspector Lestrade

c [ ] Miss Mary Morstan

d [ ] The policeman

10 marks

Vocabulary Choose the best answer. 11 long pieces of cloth hung up in front of windows; you close these at night a [ ] doors

b [ ] cupboards

c [ ] sheets

d [ ] curtains

12 when a person knows many things and knows what is right and good a [ ] weak

b [ ] wise c [ ] wealthy

d [ ] worried

13 to put medicine or drugs into the body with a special needle a [ ] inject b [ ] injure c [ ] inhale

d [ ] inspect

14 a narrow street a [ ] lawn

b [ ] lane

c [ ] stream

d [ ] stairs

15 when a person is very bad a [ ] kind

b [ ] helpful

c [ ] evil

d [ ] tired

16 a place where a river falls from a high place to a lower place a [ ] waterfall

b [ ] beach

c [ ] cloud

d [ ] shower

17 a person who is ill and goes to the doctor for medical help a [ ] secretary

b [ ] professor

c [ ] nurse d [ ] patient

18 a pot which is made of glass; you can keep food in it a [ ] box

b [ ] jar

c [ ] bin

d [ ] bag

19 when a person is ill and not strong a [ ] wonderful b [ ] wild

c [ ] weak

d [ ] wet

20 a drawing or plan that explains something a [ ] note b [ ] letter

c [ ] painting

d [ ] diagram

10 marks

Plot Choose the best answer. 21 Dr Watson’s box lay hidden in a bank for _____ years. a [ ] five b [ ] fifteen

c [ ] twenty-five

d [ ] fifty

22 ‘Jack the Ripper’ is murdering _____ in Whitechapel. a [ ] children

b [ ] men

c [ ] women

d [ ] old people

23 Sherlock Holmes wants to _____ the murderer. a [ ] catch

b [ ] hurt c [ ] paint

d [ ] write to

24 The police try to catch the murderer by dressing in _____. a [ ] red clothes

b [ ] black clothes

c [ ] old clothes

d [ ] women’s clothes

25 Sherlock Holmes says that _____ is the murderer. a [ ] Professor Moriarty

b [ ] Dr Watson

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade

d [ ] Jack the Ripper

26 Dr Watson sees Sherlock Holmes _____ a woman called Mary Kelly. a [ ] killing

b [ ] cutting up

c [ ] singing with

d [ ] eating with

27 Dr Watson goes to the house opposite and finds _____. a [ ] women’s clothes

b [ ] women’s shoes

c [ ] pieces of women’s bodies

d [ ] pictures of women

28 Dr Watson begins to think that Sherlock Holmes is _____. a [ ] a very clever man

b [ ] a very rich man

c [ ] Mary Morstan’s lover

d [ ] the murderer

29 Dr Watson starts to _____ every day. a [ ] buy snuff b [ ] take cocaine

c [ ] get drunk

30 _____ killed the women in Whitechapel. a [ ] Sherlock Holmes

b [ ] Dr Watson

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade 30 marks

Total marks = 30

Marks: ___ out of 30

d [ ] Professor Moriarty

d [ ] sell drugs