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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Homework small medium large <font face="Comic sans MS" size=4> <center>All Lessons are tentative and might change...please check back daily for an update. </center> <center><b>All Homework will be due to me by the Friday of Each Week. </b></center> <center><b>Quarter 4: we will be studying Mystery and reading <U> The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes</U></b></center> <Center><b> Literature Book Due May 31<center></b> <Center><b> Grammar Book Due June 1 <center></b> <center><b>Week of May 21-24, 2012</center></b> <center><b>All Classes:</b>Study Guide due Wednesday, and study for Test on Wednesday</center> <center><b>Study Guide for The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (pg 113)</center></b> 1. What is odd about the hat in Holmes’ apartment? 2. How does Peterson come into possession of the hat and a goose? 3. Why is Peterson unable to return the goose even though the owner’s name is on a tag? 4. What does Holmes deduce from the hat, and how? 5. What does Peterson’s wife fi nd in the goose, and what does Holmes identify the item to be? 6. According to the newspaper, how was the carbuncle supposedly stolen? 7. How does Holmes locate the owner of the hat? 8. Why is the Countesses’ carbuncle more precious that a typical stone? 9. The narrator describes Henry Baker: “A touch of red in nose and cheeks, with a slight tremor of his extended hand, recalled Holmes’ surmise as to his habits.” (Pg. 56) What does this description insinuate about the character? 10. How is Holmes’ sure that Mr. Baker is the not the thief? 11. Holmes and Watson track the source of the goose to the Covent Garden Market. Why is the vendor angry when Holmes asks about the goose? 12. How does Holmes trick the vendor into telling him where he purchased the goose? 13. Who approaches the vendor after Holmes and Watson leave, and what does he want? 14. According to Ryder, how did the carbuncle come to be inside the goose? 15. What does Ryder’s sister call the bird that she fattened for her brother, and how is the nickname ironic? 16. What does Sherlock Holmes do with Ryder after he confesses, and why? What does Holmes’ action reveal about his character? 17. What is Holmes’ opinion of the justice system? Cite an example from the text to support your answer. <center><b>Study Guide for The Adventure of the Speckled Band (pg 131)</center></b> 1. According to Watson, what type of cases does Holmes select, and why? 2. What is Dr. Roylott’s background? 3. What does Helen Stoner tell Holmes about herself? 4. What mysterious conversation did Helen and Julia have on the night of Julia’s death? S-16 5. What pets does Helen tell Holmes about? How do these pets affect Helen’s behavior? 6. What other inhabitants of the manor does Helen discuss? 7. How does Helen characterize Dr. Roylott’s mental status? 8. Describe the events that took place on the night that Julia Stoner died, including her dying words? 9. Julia’s death was thoroughly investigated. Why was the investigation so thorough, and what was the conclusion? 10. What developments have occurred in Helen’s life since Julia’s death? 11. Holmes, after agreeing to travel to Stoke Moran, points out that she is keeping some important information from him. What is it? 12. Who visits Holmes after Helen Stoner leaves? Describe the visitor and his behavior. 13. What is Holmes’ reaction to Dr. Roylott? 14. Before departing, Holmes says to Watson, “I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley’s No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots.” (Pg. 77) What does Holmes mean? 15. Watson describes the day as he and Holmes travel to Stoke Moran. How does this imagery contrast the task at hand? 16. In describing Stoke Moran, Watson uses a simile to convey its appearance. Explain the simile and how it affects the mood of the story. 17. What unusual features does Holmes observe when he studies Helen Stoner’s room, the same room in which her sister died? 18. What does Holmes fi nd when he inspects Dr. Roylott’s room? 19. What is Holmes’ plan for the night? 20. What scare do Holmes and Watson encounter on their way back to Stoke Moran in the dark? 21. Describe what Holmes and Watson see and do in the darkness of Miss Stoner’s bedroom. 22. What do Holmes and Watson encounter in Dr. Roylott’s room? 23. What is the speckled band? 24. How did Dr. Roylott use the snake to kill Julia? 25. 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