The Las Sherlock Holmes Story

Comprehension Test
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
Michael Dibdin
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a Holmes did not like A Study in Scarlet.
b Holmes used cocaine when he was ill.
c The murderer killed twice because he didn’t have time to cut up the first body.
d The murders happened in quiet, dark, places.
e Watson followed Holmessecretly because he thought Holmes was the killer.
f Watson moved into a hotel because he was afraid of seeing Holmes again.
g Moriarty was a real person.
h In the glass jars Holmes kept pieces of the bodies he cut up.
i Watson took the cocaine to keep him awake.
j Back in London, Watson told everyone that Holmes was the killer.
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2 Put thefollowing events in the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
a Watson pulled out a gun and shot Holmes.
b At the last moment Holmes put down the knife and stepped off the path.
c They took a walk to the Reichenbach Falls.
d Holmes and Watson stopped at a hotel in Switzerland.
e Holmes came towards Watson with a knife.
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3 Match a number fromA with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
A
1 The box that Dr Watson left in the bank ...
2 After ten years as a detective ...
3 Holmes told Watson to fetch Lestrade ...
4 When Watson woke up ...
5 On the path by the waterfall ...
B
a ... Holmes was unhappy and bored.
b ... Watson told Holmes that he knew about the murders.
c... was not opened for fifty years.
d ... he saw Holmes cutting up a body.
e ... but Watson decided to follow him secretly.
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4 Fill in the gaps using these words: cocaine, bored, killer, intelligent, police, detective, easy, help, exciting, stupid.
Sherlock Holmes became a ............... in 1877, but he got ............... because the work was ............... . Criminalswere ..............., and Holmes was ............... . He took ............... to make his life ............... . But in 1888 the ............... asked him to ............... them find a ............... .
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5 Complete the following sentences.
a Holmes did not like A Study in Scarlet because ...


b When Lestrade first came to see Holmes, he showed him ...


c Holmes wasinterested in Moriarty because ...


d Although there were hundreds of policemen on the streets, they ...


e Watson destroyed the papers and jars because he wanted to hide ...


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Multiple-choice Test
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
Michael Dibdin

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Dr Watson left a box to be opened in _____.
a [ ] 1956 b [ ]1966 c [ ] 1976 d [ ] 1986
2 The box contained _____.
a [ ] a packet of papers b [ ] a map of London
c [ ] a lot of money d [ ] a photo
3 The story happens in _____.
a [ ] 1688 b [ ] 1788 c [ ] 1888 d [ ] 1988
4 The murders are in an area of _____.
a [ ] Liverpool b [ ] Manchester c [ ] Leeds d [ ] London
5 Sherlock Holmeslives in _____ Street.
a [ ] Butler b [ ] Bath c [ ] Baker d [ ] Brown
6 ‘Jack the Ripper’ writes a message on a _____.
a [ ] window b [ ] wall c [ ] door d [ ] bed
7 Sherlock Holmes says that he sees Moriarty in the _____ opposite.
a [ ] shop b [ ] park c [ ] café d [ ] house
8 When Holmes goes to France he sends Watson a _____ with ahidden message.
a [ ] letter b [ ] box c [ ] picture d [ ] present
9 Holmes and Watson travel through France and Germany and then go to _____.
a [ ] Denmark b [ ] Italy c [ ] Austria d [ ] Switzerland
10 At the end, Holmes and Watson walk to a _____.
a [ ] lake b [ ] waterfall c [ ] pub d [ ] hotel
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Characters
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