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 Holmess 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 Watsons 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 [ ] womens 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 [ ] womens clothes

b [ ] womens shoes

c [ ] pieces of womens 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 Morstans 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

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d [ ] Professor Moriarty

d [ ] sell drugs