Facts
Why did the police fail to catch the killer on Monday night?
The killer saw them and did not kill anyone.
A yard is an area of hard ground...
with buildings all around it.
What did the letters E, S, C, and N represent on Holmes's diagram?
The names of the murdered women.
How many women did Holmes predict would be killed that night?
Two
The plural (more than one) of person is...
people
Where did Holmes and Watson go to "amuse themselves" before the next murder?
The theatre.
Holmes told Watson to run to the police station and fetch Lestrade. What does "fetch" mean?
to get
What did Watson see Holmes do that was very surprising?
He kissed the girl’s face.
The diagram of the murder locations formed the letter...
M.
The plural (more than one) of glass is ...
glasses
What did Holmes do while he was at the theatre?
He disappeared from Watson’s side.
Watson says the women were "diseased." What does diseased mean?
Sick or having an illness.
When Holmes came out of the house, how was he dressed?
In a hat and a long, dark coat (richly dressed).
On which street was the big police station where hundreds of officers waited?
Commercial Street.
The plural (more than one) of knife is...
knives
Why was Watson unable to see the final murder of chapter 3 happen?
He fell asleep for two hours.
Holmes says, "We have not beaten him yet." What does "beaten" mean?
To win or defeat.
Instead of going to the police station for help, what did Watson do?
He followed Holmes.
What was Holmes doing while he was cutting the body to pieces?
Singing
For singular nouns, we use "an" in front of the noun when...
the noun starts with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u).
What is a "strange and horrible fact" about the streets where the murders happened?
They were busier and better lit than other streets.
Holmes sat in the room taking snuff. What is snuff?
Tobacco as a powder taken through the nose.
What terrible thing did Watson see when he looked through the window at the end of chapter 3?
Holmes cutting up the woman with a knife.
After seeing Holmes was now richly dressed, why did Watson decide to keep secretly following Holmes instead of calling to him?
He thought Holmes wouldn't like that he followed him.
For singular nouns, we use "a" in front of the noun when
the noun starts with a consonant sound (not a, e, i, o, u).