LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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The death of Helen’s sister
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The fight between Helen’s Dad and Sherlock
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Helen coming to Sherlock for help
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In ‘’The Adventure of the Speckled Band, ” Helen Stoner asks Holmes for help when she feels threatened living with her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Roylott had a medical practice in India, where he met his wife, and the couple had twin daughters, Helen and Julia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Helen Stoner comes to see Sherlock Holmes for help. Her twin sister, Julia, died under mysterious circumstances a few years before, right before she was to be married. The circumstances seem to be repeating themselves and Helen is concerned.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rising action takes place after Miss Stoner has told them their story. It starts with her stepfather, Dr. Roylott, threatening Holmes. It continues with Holmes and Watson arriving in Stoke Moran, examining the house, Holmes instructing Miss Stoner, and going to the village inn to await her signal.
Detailed explanation-4: -What incident in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” first shows that Sherlock Holmes is very good at interpreting clues? Offer another of Holmes’s early observations, one that concerns Miss Stoner.
Detailed explanation-5: -In April 1883 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson rise early one morning to meet a young woman named Helen Stoner who fears that her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, is threatening her life.