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Characters
Vocabulary
Story Name
Identifying Facts
Literary Terms
100
Sherlock Holmes
What is the name of the detective in The Adventures of the Speckled Band?
100
Character struggle against a force (person, object, etc.)
What is Conflict?
100
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Who wrote The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
100
She traveled by dog-cart and then by train.
How did Helen Stoner travel to London?
100
A person, animal, or object
What is a character?
200
Alfred Algernissen
What is the name of the killer in Death Arrives on Schedule?
200
To give to, as in a will
What is bequeath?
200
Hansjorg Martin
Who wrote Death Arrives on Schedule?
200
He was so attracted to Loni that nothing else seemed important.
Why is everything suddenly unimportant to Algernissen?
200
A story in which the main character(s) solves a crime.
What is a detective story?
300
Whiskey
What is Herr Leisegang's passion from Death Arrives on Schedule?
300
Of many kinds
What is Manifold?
300
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are detectives
Who are the detectives in The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
300
Julia had become engage to be married a few weeks before she died.
What change had happened in Julia's life weeks before she died?
300
Using "I" to tell the story; narrator point of view
What is first-person point of view?
400
Retired Police Inspector, Hafermass
Who is the good guy in the story?
400
An aggressive person
What is an aggressor?
400
Algernissen is a character
Who is the killer in Death Arrives on Schedule?
400
One train is bound for Nienburg, the other for Munich.
There are two trains. Which cities are they bound for?
400
The main idea of a literary work
What is a theme?
500
His temper is hereditary; Mania set in
What causes Dr. Roylett's terrible temper? (The Adventures of the Speckled Band)
500
Healthy
What is hale?
500
He was sentenced to life in prison for murder.
What prison sentences does Algernissen receive?
500
Swamp Adder
What is the speckled band?
500
A literary work of fiction having more plot and character details than a short story.
What is a novel?