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    The story begins with a woman visiting Sherlock Holmes for help regarding her stepfather. She explains that both she and her late sister lived with their cruel stepfather, and that her sister had died mysteriously while screaming about a speckled band. Holmes and Watson travel to the woman's home to investigate, and wait through the night to catch her stepfather, discovering he had used a poisonous snake to kill both sisters for their inheritance.

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    The story begins with a woman visiting Sherlock Holmes for help regarding her stepfather. She explains that both she and her late sister lived with their cruel stepfather, and that her sister had died mysteriously while screaming about a speckled band. Holmes and Watson travel to the woman's home to investigate, and wait through the night to catch her stepfather, discovering he had used a poisonous snake to kill both sisters for their inheritance.

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    “Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Story: “The Speckled Band”

    While you read answer the following questions

    1) How does the story start?


    2) Who is the person that tells the story?
    3) Why was the woman shaking?
    4) What’s the name of the woman? Who is she living with?
    5) Why is she visiting Sherlock Holmes?
    6) How is her stepfather? Speak about him.
    7) What happened with Helen’s sister?
    8) What were the last words that Helen’s sister said?
    9) Why did Helen’s stepfather come to see Sherlock Holmes?
    10) What did Sherlock and Watson do? Where did they travel? For what purpose?
    11) What did they decide to do that night?
    12) What were the three strange things in Dr Roylott’s bedroom?
    13) How does the story end?

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