Tom Sawyer
Who is Huck?
A. A neighborhood bully
B. Tom's friend
C. Aunt Polly's son
D. One of the boys in the neighborhood who help whitewash the fence
B. Tom's friend
What is the Speckled Band?
A. A poisonous Indian snake
B. A diamond ring
C. A band of gipsies
D. A rock band
A. A poisonous Indian snake
What was the reason Mr. Wilson asked Sherlock & Watson for help?
A. He wanted out of the Red Headed League but they wouldn't let him quit.
B. Someone stole a rare gem from his pawnshop and he needed help locating it.
C. The Red Headed League wouldn't let him join because he had the wrong color hair and he wanted justice.
D. The Red Headed League was dissolved October 9, 1890.
"For half an hour I sat with straining ears."
Which meaning of the word "straining" best fits this context?
A. Stretching
B. Filtering
C. Hardworking
D. Painful
C. Hardworking
A. Sherlock Holmes
B. Conan Doyle
C. Sir Arthur
D. Dr. Watson
D. Dr. Watson
If you are playing hooky, then you are...
A. Going fishing
B. Skipping your daily responsibilities for something adventurous
C. Playing a game in which you hang things
D. Sleeping in late
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!
Give a specific example of playing hooky for double points!
Who was Julia?
A. Dr. Roylott's spoiled niece
B. Helen's deceased best friend
C. Sherlock's girlfriend
D. Helen's twin sister
D. Helen's twin sister
Why was it necessary that the Red Headed League only excepted men with "bright, blazing, fiery red" hair?
A. They wanted all of them to look exactly the same.
B. They wanted to limit the amount of people who join the league.
C. They sought out Mr. Wilson and based their club off of specific characteristics only he had.
D. They thought people with light red hair were lazy and didn't want them in the league.
"At this moment when Holmes struck the lights, I heard a low, clear whistle but the sudden glare flashing into my weary eyes made it impossible for me to tell what it was at which my friend lashed so savagely."
Which meaning of the word "weary" best fits this context?
A. He is physically exhausted.
B. He is tired of trying to resolve the case.
C. He has always had poor vision.
D. He has always had perfect vision.
C. He has always had poor vision
What is dialect?
A. Someone who speaks the same language but has an accent.
B. Someone who speaks the same language but calls some items by another name.
C. Someone who speaks a different language than you but is talking about the same things.
D. A form of language that is specific to a region, social group, or time period.
D. A form of language that is specific to a region, social group, or time period.
Tom Sawyer uses plenty of sensory language and makes the reader critically think about the senses being used. "There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips."
What does the idiom "there was a song in every heart" mean?
A. Everyone has the lyrics to a song memorized
B. Extreme happiness
C. Falling in love
D. Lyrics to your favorite song tattooed on your chest
Which is NOT an important clue that helped Sherlock Holmes to solve the case of The Speckled Band?
A. The gipsies camping nearby.
B. The footprints on the chair.
C. The saucer of milk.
D. The ventilator between the rooms.
A. The gipsies camping nearby.
Who really created the Red Headed League and why did he start it?
A. Mr. Merryweather; he was the bank manager and needed an alibi so he could break into the bank without it being suspicious.
B. John Clay; he envied Mr. Wilson's hair and wanted to start a red wig business with that exact color hair.
C. John Clay; he wanted to lure Mr. Wilson into the league so that he could have access to the cellar in his pawnshop to create a tunnel leading to the bank.
D. Mr. Jones; he was a corrupt police officer who was trying to cover up a bank robbery.
C. John Clay; he wanted to lure Mr. Wilson into the league so that he could have access to the cellar in his pawnshop to create a tunnel leading to the bank.
“Of course he must recall the snake before the morning light revealed it to the victim. He had trained it, probably by the use of the milk which we saw, to return to him when summoned.”
In this context, “recall” is used to mean which of the following?
a. Remember
b. Bring back
c. Begin again
d. Explain
B. Bring back
What is an encyclopedia?
A. A book or set of books that gives information on various subjects and is arranged in alphabetical order.
B. A book that lists words of a particular language in alphabetical order and gives the definition and information about the pronunciation, origin, and usage.
C. A book that lists words in groups of synonyms.
D. A book of maps and charts.
A. A book or set of books that gives information on various subjects and is arranged in alphabetical order.
What does Tom offer to Jim so that he'll trade jobs with him (fetching water instead of whitewashing the fence.) Select TWO correct answers.
A. A tin soldier
B. A white alley marble
C. A turn at the swimming hole
D. A look at a sore toe
E. A look at a kitten with only one eye
B. A white alley marble AND D. A look at a sore toe
What is Dr. Grimesby Roylott's fate?
A. He narrowly escapes Helen's revenge and returns to India never to be seen again.
B. He is killed by Holmes's quick thinking and wit.
C. He slips on a saucer of milk and smacks his head on the safe in his room.
D. He falls off of a cliff after being chased by gipsies.
B. He is killed by Holmes's quick thinking and wit.
What does Holmes do to the pavement outside of Mr. Wilson's house in Saxe-Coburg Square?
A. Tap on it a few times
B. Walk on it
C. Spit on it
D. Trip on a crack
A. Tap on it a few times
"Ben, I'd like to, honest injun; but Aunt Polly- well, Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn't let him. Sid wanted to do it, and she wouldn't let Sid. Now don't you see how I'm fixed? If you was to tackle this fence and anything was to happen to it-"
In this excerpt, "tackle" is used to mean which of the following?
A. Bait
B. Work on
C. Wrestle
D. Grab
B. Work on
What does RACES stand for?
Restate
Answer
Cite
Explain
Summarize
Arrange the events in chronological order from earliest to most recent. Only write the letter, not the whole sentence.
A. Toms tells Jim he'll fetch water from the town pump if Jim will whitewash the fence.
B. Tome feels that life is hollow and existence but a burden.
C. Ben Rogers trades an apple for a chance to whitewash the fence.
D. Tom tells Ben that Aunt Polly is very particular about how the fence is whitewashed.
E. Tom decided that life is not so hollow after all.
A D C B E
What is one reason Holmes is suspicious of Helen?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Give one reason Roylott has motive to kill his step-daughters for double points!!
Holmes is suspicious of Helen because she did not tell Holmes the entire truth. She was "screening" Dr. Roylott & hiding a bruise he gave her.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Roylott has motive to kill his step-daughters because when they marry, they will inherit money their mother left for them before she passed away. If they die, he inherit's their portion of the money. He cannot afford to be poor.
He conveniently loved photography because it gave him a logical reason as to why he spent so much time in the cellar of the pawnshop. He was developing his film which turned out to be a lie. He was actually helping dig a tunnel into the bank.
What is a red-herring?
A. A plot twist that you didn't see coming
B. A false clue that misleads or distracts from relevant or important information
C. A scene in a book or movie that summarizes the plot
D. A nickname used for a suspicious person in a book or movie
B. A false clue that misleads or distracts from relevant or important information
Answers will vary.
Similar: Observant, Tricky, Clever
Different: Tom uses trickiness to prank and Sherlock uses to help. Tom outsmarts many so he can distract them from him causing trouble and Sherlock outsmarts by deductive reasoning and logic to solve crimes.