The Adventure of the Speckled Band Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What major event was approaching when Julia Stoner died?
She was planning to marry
She was about to inherit the entire estate
She was preparing to leave for India
She was taking legal action against her stepfather
2. Which detail prevents the sleeper from moving away from the ventilator and bell rope?
A heavy wardrobe blocks the other side of the room
The door is locked from the corridor
The bed is fastened to the floor
The window shutters can only be opened from outside
3. Why does the bell rope in Julia’s former room strike Holmes as suspicious?
It rings a bell in Roylott’s room rather than the servants’ area
It has recently been cut and retied
It is a dummy rope that is not connected to a bell
It is positioned too far from the bed to reach
4. Helen is moved into the room where Julia died. What explanation is given for this change?
Her own room has become too cold to occupy
Roylott wants her closer to the housekeeper
Repairs are being carried out near her own room
Her own room is being prepared for a guest
5. Which unusual animals does Roylott allow to roam around the Stoke Moran grounds?
A cheetah and a baboon
A leopard and a macaque
A jackal and a mongoose
A tiger cub and a langur
6. How does Holmes’s intervention cause Roylott’s plan to turn against him?
Holmes blocks the ventilator, trapping the creature in the wall
Holmes strikes at the creature, driving it back through the ventilator
Holmes imitates Roylott’s whistle and summons the creature early
Holmes opens the safe, causing the creature to attack the nearest person
7. What is Dr. Grimesby Roylott’s relationship to Helen and Julia?
He is their uncle
He is their family physician
He is their elder brother
He is their stepfather
8. Who visits Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street to ask for help?
Mrs. Hudson
Mrs. Farintosh
Julia Stoner
Helen Stoner
9. What is the “speckled band” revealed to be in Holmes’s solution?
A venomous snake trained by Roylott
A spotted ribbon used as a signal
A decorated cord attached to the ventilator
A secret group camped on the estate
10. Holmes finds a saucer of milk in Roylott’s room even though there is no ordinary household pet. What does this most strongly suggest?
Roylott expects a child to visit secretly
Roylott uses milk to test whether food has been poisoned
A servant has been entering the room without permission
Roylott may be handling or training an animal
11. At which family estate does the central mystery take place?
Baskerville Hall
Stoke Moran
Copper Beeches
Trelawney Hope
12. After examining the rooms, Holmes and Watson return at night and wait silently in Julia’s former bedroom. What is their immediate aim?
To search the safe while Roylott is asleep
To catch the local wanderers entering through the window
To observe and interrupt the method used against the room’s occupant
To persuade Roylott to confess in front of a witness
13. Holmes notices that the ventilator cannot bring in fresh outdoor air. Where does it lead instead?
Into Roylott’s adjoining room
Into the attic
Into the corridor
Into a concealed wall cavity
14. What gives Roylott a financial motive to prevent either stepdaughter from marrying?
Marriage would transfer ownership of Stoke Moran to the bridegroom
The daughters’ marriages would reduce the income he controls from their mother’s estate
Roylott would have to repay the family’s debts immediately
Each bridegroom would gain control of Roylott’s medical income
15. Why is the looped dog lash in Roylott’s room an important clue?
It shows how Roylott secures the shutters from inside
It can be used to control or retrieve the creature involved
It proves that Roylott keeps a dog hidden in the safe
It is the source of the metallic sound Julia heard
16. Why is Julia’s phrase “the speckled band” an effective central clue?
It names Roylott’s weapon precisely, but Holmes initially overlooks it
It refers only to the patterned headscarf worn by a visitor
It identifies a criminal society that Roylott joined in India
It first supports a plausible false lead but ultimately describes the appearance of the real threat