.

 Who is Porlock?2. Who is Professor Moriarty?3. What is the content of the letter Porlock sends
to Holmes?4. What book did Holmes and Watson use to decipher the code?5. What did the coded
message say?6. Who came to solicit help from Holmes and Watson?7. How was the information in the
coded message confirmed?

CHAPTER TWO
1. Where did the murder take place?2. What did MacDonald think of Professor
Moriarty?3. How did Holmes prove to MacDonald that there was more to Moriarty than
thereseemed to be?4. How does Moriarty punish his minions if they make mistakes?
5. Who sent a letter requesting help to MacDonald?6. How was Mr. Douglas murdered?
CHAPTER THREE
1. Briefly describe the village of Birlstone.2. What was the house where the murder took
place called?3. What the features restricted access to the Manor House?4. Briefly
describe John Douglas.5. What did Douglas' neighbors think of him?6. Briefly
describe Mrs. Douglas.7. Who was the guest at the Manor House?8. How was
he connected to the Douglas couple?9. Name two of the Manor House's servants and
indicate their
jobs.10. Describe Mr. Douglas as he was found by the doctor and the sergeant.11. Who 
was first on the scene of the crime? According to Barker, how didthe murderer escape?
12. Why does Barker think so?13. Where was the murderer hiding in the room?14. Wha
t distinguishing mark was on Douglas?15. What was missing from Douglas' personal eff
ects?
The Valley of Fear Essay Questions
1. 1
How does Doyle create suspense in the novel?
 Doyle creates suspense through his narrator acting as a stand-in for thereader, for we
only see what Watson sees and thus are kept in the dark aboutthe facts in the case that
Holmes has already started to unravel in his mind.