Multiple-choice Test

Multiple-choice Test

The Last Sherlock Holmes Story

Michael DibdinCharacters

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 b [ ] Dr Watson

c [ ] Jack the Ripper d [ ] Professor Moriarty

3Sherlock Holmes works as a _____.

a [ ] policeman b [ ] police inspector c [ ] detective d [ ] writer

4Sherlock 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 Holmess house to talk about the Ripper case.

a [ ] The police doctor b [ ] Professor Moriarty

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade d [ ] Miss Mary Morstan

7Sherlock 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

9The 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.

11long pieces of cloth hung up in front of windows; you close these at night

a [ ] doors b [ ] cupboards c [ ] sheets d [ ] curtains

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

a [ ] weak b [ ] wise c [ ] wealthy d [ ] worried

13to put medicine or drugs into the body with a special needle

a [ ] inject b [ ] injure c [ ] inhale d [ ] inspect

14a narrow street

a [ ] lawn b [ ] lane c [ ] stream d [ ] stairs

15when a person is very bad

a [ ] kind b [ ] helpful c [ ] evil d [ ] tired

16a place where a river falls from a high place to a lower place

a [ ] waterfall b [ ] beach c [ ] cloud d [ ] shower

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

a [ ] secretary b [ ] professor c [ ] nurse d [ ] patient

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

a [ ] box b [ ] jar c [ ] bin d [ ] bag

19when a person is ill and not strong

a [ ] wonderful b [ ] wild c [ ] weak d [ ] wet

20a drawing or plan that explains something

a [ ] note b [ ] letter c [ ] painting d [ ] diagram

10 marks

Plot

Choose the best answer.

21Dr Watsons box lay hidden in a bank for _____ years.

a [ ] five b [ ] fifteen c [ ] twenty-five d [ ] fifty

22Jack the Ripper is murdering _____ in Whitechapel.

a [ ] children b [ ] men c [ ] women d [ ] old people

23Sherlock Holmes wants to _____ the murderer.

a [ ] catch b [ ] hurt c [ ] paint d [ ] write to

24The police try to catch the murderer by dressing in _____.

a [ ] red clothes b [ ] black clothes c [ ] old clothes d [ ] womens clothes

25Sherlock Holmes says that _____ is the murderer.

a [ ] Professor Moriarty b [ ] Dr Watson

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade d [ ] Jack the Ripper

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

a [ ] killing b [ ] cutting up c [ ] singing with d [ ] eating with

27Dr Watson goes to the house opposite and finds _____.

a [ ] womens clothes b [ ] womens shoes

c [ ] pieces of womens bodies d [ ] pictures of women

28Dr Watson begins to think that Sherlock Holmes is _____.

a [ ] a very clever man b [ ] a very rich man

c [ ] Mary Morstans lover d [ ] the murderer

29Dr Watson starts to _____ every day.

a [ ] buy snuff b [ ] take cocaine c [ ] get drunk d [ ] sell drugs

30_____ killed the women in Whitechapel.

a [ ] Sherlock Holmes b [ ] Dr Watson

c [ ] Inspector Lestrade d [ ] Professor Moriarty

30 marks

Total marks = 30

Marks: ___ out of 30