Characters
Who is the narrator of the Sherlock Holmes Stories?
Sherlock's partner Watson
Why does Vincent Spaulding spend a lot of time in the basement?
To dig the tunnel / Photography
Why did Helen go to Sherlock Holmes and Watson?
To tell them the story about the whistle noise and her sister's death.
How did health workers get people in Brazil to take the vaccine?
By bringing it to their doorstep
What is the name of the man who first thought yellow fever was transmitted through mosquitos?
Helen Stoner
Why did they pay Wilson 4 pounds a week?
To make him take the job so he would be out of the house.
What was the noise that Helen heard the night Julia died?
The whistle to get the snake back in Roylotts room and the clang of the safe to put the snake away.
What is most significant in protecting people from yellow fever?
A vaccine
What are the three theories?
Contaminated clothing, mosquitos, and bacilluis icteroids
In "The Red-Headed League" Wilson mentions his assistant. What is his assistants name?
Vincent Spaulding
What is Duncan Ross and Vincent Spaulding's real name?
William Morris and John Clay
Why was nothing found after they examined julia's body?
The species of the snake does not show traces of poison or bite marks.
Yellow Fever is caused by a .....
Virus
Is there a cure to Yellow Fever
No
Where did Dr. Grimseby Roylott previously live before Stoke Moran?
India
In the text it says "... He has a white spot on his forehead.”
Holmes sat up in his chair in excitement. “I thought as much,” he said.
Why did Holmes sit up in excitement?
This tells us that he might know the person Wilson is describing.
What does Holmes discover in Julia's bedroom?
The bed is chained to the floor so it cannot move and the bell rope does not work and her bed is under a vent.
TURE or FALSE
The disease must be carried by a mosquito for up to 17 days before it is able to infect another person.
Yellow fever is able to spreads more quickly in
The hot and rainy weather
What are the names of the Police officer and bank worker in "The Red-Headed League"?
Mr. Jones and Mr. Merryweather
How was Watson feeling after looking for clues with Holmes?
He felt stupid and confused that he was not able to understand the crime the way Sherlock did.
Why did Dr. Grimbseby Roylott want Helen and Julia gone?
Once they married they got their part of the money and he did not want them to get their part of the money. It would go to him.
TRUE or FALSE
The mosquito must have bitten a yellow fever patient in the first three days of the illness.
True
"Toting coolers full of vaccines, health workers stop in the corner bar and the local gym, demanding: “Who hasn’t been vaccinated yet? Line up!” The workers jab extended arms and fill out forms with surprising speed, then start moving house to house."
The author’s language in paragraph 10 emphasizes how Quick or LONG the vaccination process is?
Quick because it says that they jab their arms and move on with speed.