LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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Helen, Julia’s sister
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Julia, Helen’s sister
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Barry, Helen and Julia’s father
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Helen’s twin sister Julia died almost two years earlier, shortly before she was to be married. Helen had heard her sister’s dying words, “The speckled band!” but could not decode their meaning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two people are killed in The Speckled Band: Julia and Dr. Roylott. Julia dies after her step-father releases a swamp adder into her room.
Detailed explanation-3: -Holmes attacks the snake, sending it back through the ventilator, where it attacks and kills Dr. Roylott. At the end, Holmes states he is partly responsible for Dr. Roylott’s death, but feels no guilt over the man’s death.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Dr. Roylott killed Julia Stoner.
Detailed explanation-5: -She was killed in the middle of the night in her bedroom at the Stoke Moran Manor by a poisonous swamp adder snake. The snake was trained by her stepfather, Dr. Roylott, who lived in the neighboring bedroom.