DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
SETTING
Choose the best answer.
1 The police arrest John McFarlane at _____.
a □ Oldacre’s house
b □ his parents’ house
c □ his office in London
d □ Holmes’s house
2 They find the remains of a body in _____.
a □ the timber-yard
b □ a bedroom
c □ the basement
d □ a secret room
3 McFarlane first met Oldacre at _____.
a □ a Norwood hotel
b □ his office
c □ his parents’ house
d □ Scotland Yard
4 McFarlane left his walking stick _____.
a □ on the train
b □ in Oldacre’s house c □ at his parents’ house
d □ in his office
5 Oldacre’s safe was in _____ at Deep Dene House.
a □ the hall
b □ the basement
c □ the dining-room
d □ his bedroom
6 McFarlane learnt that the police wanted him for murder _____.
a □ at a Norwood hotel
b □ at Oldacre’s house c □ on a London train
d □ in Baker Street
7 Oldacre wrote his will _____.
a □ in McFarlane’s office
b □ at his house in Norwood
c □ at the McFarlanes’ house
d □ on a train
8 The police find a bloody thumbprint on the wall in _____.
a □ the dining-room
b □ the hall
c □ Oldacre’s bedroom
d □ the basement
9 Holmes asks Watson to light some hay
in _____.
a □ the garden
b □ the timber-yard
c □ a passage on the top floor
d □ the hall
10 Oldacre is hiding in _____ at Deep Dene house.
a □ a secret room
b □ the garden
c □ the timber-yard
d □ the basement
20 marks
CHARACTERS
Choose the best answer.
11 Oldacre is a _____.
a □ builder
b □ lawyer
c □ housekeeper
d □ policeman
12 McFarlane is a _____.
a □ builder
b □ lawyer
c □ housekeeper
d □ criminal
13 Oldacre’s housekeeper is _____.
a □ Mrs Hudson
b □ his sister
c □ Mrs McFarlane
d □ Mrs Lexington
14 _____ is Sherlock Holmes’s good friend.
a □ Watson
b □ Lestrade
c □ Sergeant Judd
d □ McFarlane
15 Oldacre left his house to _____ in his will.
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Mr Cornelius
c □ John McFarlane
d □ Mrs McFarlane
16 Oldacre wanted to marry _____ when he was younger.
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Mrs Hudson
c □ Miss McFarlane
d □ Mrs McFarlane
17 Mrs McFarlane got a photograph of _____ with lines across it through the post.
a □ Oldacre
b □ her husband
c □ herself
d □ herself and Oldacre
18 _____ wants to write a report that names McFarlane as Oldacre’s murderer.
a □ Lestrade
b □ Sergeant Judd
c □ Holmes
d □ Watson
19 The bloody thumbprint makes Holmes sure that _____ is innocent.
a □ Oldacre
b □ Mrs Lexington
c □ Mrs McFarlane
d □ John McFarlane
20 Holmes shows that _____ are criminals.
a □ McFarlane and his mother
b □ Oldacre and his housekeeper
c □ Mrs and Mrs McFarlane
d □ Lestrade and Judd
20 marks
DIALOGUE
Who says this?
21 ‘I feel so afraid.’
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Mrs McFarlane
c □ Oldacre
d □ John McFarlane
22 ‘Mr Oldacre’s writing is easy to read in some places but very difficult to read in others..’
a □ Holmes
b □ Burnwell
c □ Lestrade
d □ Sergeant Judd
23 ‘I’m sure it will be a very good story, but it won’t be true.’
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Mrs McFarlane
c □ Lestrade
d □ Sergeant Judd
24 ‘We don’t want anything from that man.’
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Mrs McFarlane
c □ Lestrade
d □ John McFarlane
25 ‘That young man has evil eyes.’
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Sergeant Judd
c □ Lestrade
d □ Watson
26 ‘Mr Holmes! Of course I know your name, sir.’
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Sergeant Judd
c □ Mrs McFarlane
d □ John McFarlane
27 ‘Is that my breakfast that I can smell?’
a □ Watson
b □ Holmes
c □ John McFarlane
d □ Oldacre
28 ‘Just my little joke.’
a □ Watson
b □ Holmes
c □ Mrs Lexington
d □ Oldacre
29 ‘I’ve been very stupid.’
a □ Watson
b □ Lestrade
c □ John McFarlane
d □ Oldacre
30 ‘It wasn’t the happiest time of my life.’
a □ Mrs McFarlane
b □ Lestrade
c □ John McFarlane
d □ Oldacre
20 marks
VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer.
31 the reason for a crime
a □ motive
b □ mystery
c □ proof
d □ opinion
32 to make someone believe something
a □ prove
b □ investigate
c □ convince
d □ suppose
33 very unkind
a □ guilty
b □ cruel
c □ evil
d □ unpleasant
34 small round things on clothes
a □ deeds
b □ matches
c □ ashes
d □ buttons
35 to cut wildly and angrily
a □ knock
b □ search
c □ slash
d □ draw
36 not clever
a □ mad
b □ stupid
c □ baffled
d □ astonished
37 in a quiet and kind way
a □ gently
b □ sadly
c □ thoughtfully
d □ ugly
38 easy to see or understand
a □ fresh
b □ probable
c □ calm
d □ obvious
39 to come to understand
a □ disappear
b □ seal
c □ realize
d □ shine
40 a small metal box that you put important papers in
a □ lawn
b □ hay
c □ wax
d □ safe
20 marks
PLOT
Choose the best answer.
41 The police find the burnt remains of _____ in the timber-yard.
a □ Oldacre
b □ a dog
c □ some chequebooks
d □ the deeds of the house
42 Oldacre told McFarlane that he wanted _____.
a □ to hurt his mother
b □ to marry his mother
c □ to help him
d □ the police to arrest him
43 Oldacre told McFarlane _____ about the will.
a □ to say nothing to his parents
b □ to tell his mother
c □ to say nothing to the police
d □ not to tell Sherlock Holmes
44 Oldacre told McFarlane to leave his house
by _____.
a □ the French windows
b □ the side door
c □ the front door
d □ the back door
45 Holmes cannot find the _____ with Oldacre’s other papers.
a □ will
b □ chequebooks
c □ deeds to the house
d □ bank books
46 Holmes draws a plan of _____.
a □ Deep Dene House and the timber-yard
b □ the Sydenham Road
c □ Oldacre’s bedroom
d □ the secret room
47 Oldacre writes a lot of cheques to _____.
a □ John McFarlane
b □ Mr Cornelius
c □ Mrs Lexington
d □ Mrs McFarlane
48 Oldacre put a bloody thumbprint on the wall with _____.
a □ his thumb
b □ Mrs Lexington’s thumb
c □ John McFarlane’s thumb
d □ a thumbprint from a wax seal
49 Mrs Lexington and Oldacre were _____.
a □ brother and sister
b □ husband and wife
c □ lovers
d □ old friends of Mrs McFarlane’s
50 In the end _____ says sorry to John McFarlane.
a □ Oldacre
b □ Mrs Lexington
c □ Lestrade
d □ Sergeant Judd
20 marks
Total marks
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DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
SETTING
1d
2a
3b
4b
5d
6c
7d
8b
9c
10 a
CHARACTERS
11 a
12 b
13 d
14 a
15 c
16 d
17 c
18 a
19 d
20 b
DIALOGUE
21 d
22 a
23 c
24 b
25 a
26 b
27 a
28 d
29 b
30 c
VOCABULARY
31 a
32 c
33 b
34 d
35 c
36 b
37 a
38 d
39 c
40 d
PLOT
41 b
42 c
43 a
44 a
45 c
46 a
47 b
48 d
49 c
50 c
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DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
1 Open answers.
2 Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are: c and e
ACTIVITIES PAGES 6–7
READING CHECK
1
b T
c T
d F (Neither Holmes nor Watson knew the name.)
e T
f F (He lives in Norwood.)
g F (He lives with his mother and father.)
h T
2
b3 c5 d6 e4 f1
WORD WORK
1
b hall
c knock
d walking stick
e motive
f trouble
g mystery
h builder
i bloodstains
j remains
k put out
l sadly
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers now. They will find out as they read that
the answers are: a, c, f and g
ACTIVITIES PAGES 12–13
READING CHECK
a 2 b 8 c 5 d 9 e 7 f 3 g 1 h 6 i 11 j 10 k 4
WORD WORK
b astonished
c lawyer
d will
e copy
f dining room
g French windows
