DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
9 Holmes asks Watson to light some hay
SETTING
in _____.
Choose the best answer.
a □ the garden
1 The police arrest John McFarlane at _____. b □ the timber-yard
a □ Oldacre’s house c □ a passage on the top floor
b □ his parents’ house d □ the hall
c □ his office in London
10 Oldacre is hiding in _____ at Deep Dene house.
d □ Holmes’s house
a □ a secret room
2 They find the remains of a body in _____. b □ the garden
a □ the timber-yard c □ the timber-yard
b □ a bedroom d □ the basement
c □ the basement 20 marks
d □ a secret room
3 McFarlane first met Oldacre at _____. CHARACTERS
a □ a Norwood hotel Choose the best answer.
b □ his office
11 Oldacre is a _____.
c □ his parents’ house
a □ builder
d □ Scotland Yard
b □ lawyer
4 McFarlane left his walking stick _____. c □ housekeeper
a □ on the train d □ policeman
b □ in Oldacre’s house c □ at his parents’ house
12 McFarlane is a _____.
d □ in his office
a □ builder
5 Oldacre’s safe was in _____ at Deep Dene House. b □ lawyer
a □ the hall c □ housekeeper
b □ the basement d □ criminal
c □ the dining-room
13 Oldacre’s housekeeper is _____.
d □ his bedroom
a □ Mrs Hudson
6 McFarlane learnt that the police wanted him for b □ his sister
murder _____. c □ Mrs McFarlane
a □ at a Norwood hotel d □ Mrs Lexington
b □ at Oldacre’s house c □ on a London train
14 _____ is Sherlock Holmes’s good friend.
d □ in Baker Street
a □ Watson
7 Oldacre wrote his will _____. b □ Lestrade
a □ in McFarlane’s office c □ Sergeant Judd
b □ at his house in Norwood d □ McFarlane
c □ at the McFarlanes’ house
15 Oldacre left his house to _____ in his will.
d □ on a train
a □ Mrs Lexington
8 The police find a bloody thumbprint on the wall in b □ Mr Cornelius
_____. c □ John McFarlane
a □ the dining-room d □ Mrs McFarlane
b □ the hall
16 Oldacre wanted to marry _____ when he was
c □ Oldacre’s bedroom
younger.
d □ the basement
a □ Mrs Lexington
b □ Mrs Hudson
c □ Miss McFarlane
d □ Mrs McFarlane

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery

17 Mrs McFarlane got a photograph of _____ with

24 ‘We don’t want anything from that man.’
lines across it through the post.
a □ Mrs Lexington
a □ Oldacre
b □ Mrs McFarlane
b □ her husband
c □ Lestrade
c □ herself
d □ John McFarlane
d □ herself and Oldacre
25 ‘That young man has evil eyes.’
18 _____ wants to write a report that names
a □ Mrs Lexington
McFarlane as Oldacre’s murderer.
b □ Sergeant Judd
a □ Lestrade
c □ Lestrade
b □ Sergeant Judd
d □ Watson
c □ Holmes
d □ Watson 26 ‘Mr Holmes! Of course I know your name, sir.’
a □ Mrs Lexington
19 The bloody thumbprint makes Holmes sure that
b □ Sergeant Judd
_____ is innocent.
c □ Mrs McFarlane
a □ Oldacre
d □ John McFarlane
b □ Mrs Lexington
c □ Mrs McFarlane 27 ‘Is that my breakfast that I can smell?’
d □ John McFarlane a □ Watson
b □ Holmes
20 Holmes shows that _____ are criminals.
c □ John McFarlane
a □ McFarlane and his mother
d □ Oldacre
b □ Oldacre and his housekeeper
c □ Mrs and Mrs McFarlane 28 ‘Just my little joke.’
d □ Lestrade and Judd a □ Watson
20 marks b □ Holmes
c □ Mrs Lexington
d □ Oldacre
DIALOGUE
Who says this? 29 ‘I’ve been very stupid.’
a □ Watson
21 ‘I feel so afraid.’
b □ Lestrade
a □ Mrs Lexington
c □ John McFarlane
b □ Mrs McFarlane
d □ Oldacre
c □ Oldacre
d □ John McFarlane 30 ‘It wasn’t the happiest time of my life.’
a □ Mrs McFarlane
22 ‘Mr Oldacre’s writing is easy to read in some
b □ Lestrade
places but very difficult to read in others..’
c □ John McFarlane
a □ Holmes
d □ Oldacre
b □ Burnwell
20 marks
c □ Lestrade
d □ Sergeant Judd
VOCABULARY
23 ‘I’m sure it will be a very good story, but it won’t
Choose the best answer.
be true.’
a □ Mrs Lexington 31 the reason for a crime
b □ Mrs McFarlane a □ motive
c □ Lestrade b □ mystery
d □ Sergeant Judd c □ proof
d □ opinion

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
PLOT
32 to make someone believe something
Choose the best answer.
a □ prove
b □ investigate 41 The police find the burnt remains of _____ in the
c □ convince timber-yard.
d □ suppose a □ Oldacre
b □ a dog
33 very unkind
c □ some chequebooks
a □ guilty
d □ the deeds of the house
b □ cruel
c □ evil 42 Oldacre told McFarlane that he wanted _____.
d □ unpleasant a □ to hurt his mother
b □ to marry his mother
34 small round things on clothes
c □ to help him
a □ deeds
d □ the police to arrest him
b □ matches
c □ ashes 43 Oldacre told McFarlane _____ about the will.
d □ buttons a □ to say nothing to his parents
b □ to tell his mother
35 to cut wildly and angrily
c □ to say nothing to the police
a □ knock
d □ not to tell Sherlock Holmes
b □ search
c □ slash 44 Oldacre told McFarlane to leave his house
d □ draw by _____.
a □ the French windows
36 not clever
b □ the side door
a □ mad
c □ the front door
b □ stupid
d □ the back door
c □ baffled
d □ astonished 45 Holmes cannot find the _____ with Oldacre’s
other papers.
37 in a quiet and kind way
a □ will
a □ gently
b □ chequebooks
b □ sadly
c □ deeds to the house
c □ thoughtfully
d □ bank books
d □ ugly
46 Holmes draws a plan of _____.
38 easy to see or understand
a □ Deep Dene House and the timber-yard
a □ fresh
b □ the Sydenham Road
b □ probable
c □ Oldacre’s bedroom
c □ calm
d □ the secret room
d □ obvious
47 Oldacre writes a lot of cheques to _____.
39 to come to understand
a □ John McFarlane
a □ disappear
b □ Mr Cornelius
b □ seal
c □ Mrs Lexington
c □ realize
d □ Mrs McFarlane
d □ shine
48 Oldacre put a bloody thumbprint on the wall with
40 a small metal box that you put important papers
_____.
in
a □ his thumb
a □ lawn
b □ Mrs Lexington’s thumb
b □ hay
c □ John McFarlane’s thumb
c □ wax
d □ a thumbprint from a wax seal
d □ safe
20 marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery

49 Mrs Lexington and Oldacre were _____.

a □ brother and sister
b □ husband and wife
c □ lovers
d □ old friends of Mrs McFarlane’s
50 In the end _____ says sorry to John McFarlane.
a □ Oldacre
b □ Mrs Lexington
c □ Lestrade
d □ Sergeant Judd
20 marks

Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
SETTING PLOT
1d 41 b
2a 42 c
3b 43 a
4b 44 a
5d 45 c
6c 46 a
7d 47 b
8b 48 d
9c 49 c
10 a 50 c

CHARACTERS
11 a
12 b
13 d
14 a
15 c
16 d
17 c
18 a
19 d
20 b

DIALOGUE
21 d
22 a
23 c
24 b
25 a
26 b
27 a
28 d
29 b
30 c

VOCABULARY
31 a
32 c
33 b
34 d
35 c
36 b
37 a
38 d
39 c
40 d

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
1 Open answers. GUESS WHAT
2 Encourage students to guess but do not tell Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are: c and e read that the answers are:
b and d
ACTIVITIES PAGES 6–7
READING CHECK ACTIVITIES PAGES 18–19
1 READING CHECK
b T b3 c1 d7 e4 f5 g6
c T
d F (Neither Holmes nor Watson knew the name.) WORD WORK
e T a stupid
f F (He lives in Norwood.) b innocent
g F (He lives with his mother and father.) c cruel
h T d slashed
2 e thoughtfully
b3 c5 d6 e4 f1 f lines
g convince
WORD WORK
1 GUESS WHAT
b hall Encourage students to guess but do not tell
c knock them the answers now. They will find out as they
d walking stick read that the answer is c.
e motive
f trouble ACTIVITIES PAGES 26–27
g mystery READING CHECK
h builder a Holmes finds Deep Dene House easily.
i bloodstains b The builder's house is large and modern.
j remains c The police have found burnt remains in the
k put out timber-yard.
l sadly d Sergeant Judd knows Sherlock Holmes's name.
e Holmes says that he is helping Inspector
GUESS WHAT Lestrade with his investigation.
Encourage students to guess but do not tell f The police have found buttons from Oldacre's
them the answers now. They will find out as they trousers in the ashes.
read that the answers are: a, c, f and g g Judd thinks that McFarlane is the murderer.
h In the bedroom Holmes finds bloodstains and
ACTIVITIES PAGES 12–13 footprints.
READING CHECK i Holmes finds out that Oldacre has very little
a 2 b 8 c 5 d 9 e 7 f 3 g 1 h 6 i 11 j 10 k 4 money in the bank.
j Mrs Lexington is Jonas Oldacre's housekeeper.
WORD WORK k Mrs Lexington says that Oldacre is dead.
b astonished
c lawyer
d will
e copy
f dining room
g French windows

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
WORD WORK ACTIVITIES PAGES 34–35
C A G S H O N E T F READING CHECK
R B B P S F H I S O a T
O I U A E L A W N O b T
U A T R A E Y A Y T c F (He reads a book.)
C B T D R V F D A P d F (He thinks he is innocent.)
H U O A C I T R I R e T
E I N T H L R E S I
f T
S A S H E S T W R N
g F (He tells Watson the deeds weren’t in the
D P H A S O S T Y T
O F X H K D E E D S safe.)
h F (He thinks Mrs Lexington is mad to say
2 McFarlane has evil eyes.)
a The police think that the ashes are Jonas i T
Oldacre's body. j T
b Holmes spends more than an hour in the garden, k T
looking at the lawn.
c Sergeant Judd’s eyes shone excitedly. WORD WORK
d After looking at the garden, Holmes searches the a violin
house. b reason
e The police find some trouser buttons in the c chequebook
remains of the fire. d nods
f There are footprints on the bedroom floor. e fresh
g The deeds to the house aren’t in the safe. f give up
h Mrs Lexington says John McFarlane has evil g mad
eyes.
i There are some bags of hay in the timber- GUESS WHAT
yard. Encourage students to guess but do not tell
j Holmes crouches down to look at the bedroom them the answers now. They will find out as they
floor. read that the answers are: 1b, 2 b and 3 a 
k Holmes drew a plan.
ACTIVITIES PAGES 40–41
GUESS WHAT READING CHECK
Encourage students to guess but do not tell Watson is surprised to find Holmes asleep when he
them the answers now. They will find out as they comes down to breakfast the next morning. Holmes
read that the answers are: has slept very little. Mrs Hudson arrives with the
b and g  newspaper and a telegram for Holmes. When
Holmes is out of the room, Mrs Hudson and Watson
talk about John McFarlane. Inspector Lestrade has
written from Norwood to say that he is now sure that
McFarlane killed the builder and wants Holmes and
Watson to give up their investigation.

Holmes and Watson take a train to Norwood. Mrs

Lexington opens the door of Deep Dene House.
Lestrade shows Holmes McFarlane's thumbprint on
the wall. Mrs Lexington found it earlier that day and
showed it to Sergeant Judd. Holmes is not
convinced by Lestrade's proof.

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
WORD WORK GUESS WHAT
a gently Encourage students to guess but do not tell
b telegram them the answers now. They will find out as they
c opinion read that the answers are:
d doorbell a3 b6 c1 d5 e2 f4
e sadly
f proof ACTIVITIES PAGES 54–55
g cab READING CHECK
h thumbprint a Doctor Watson
b John McFarlane
GUESS WHAT c Jonas Oldacre
Encourage students to guess but do not tell d Mrs Lexington
them the answers now. They will find out as they e Lestrade in his office
read that the answers are: f Jonas Oldacre
b, d, e, f, i and j 
WORD WORK
ACTIVITIES PAGES 48–49 1 calm
READING CHECK 2 commit
a 8 b 1 c 6 d 7 e 10 f 9 g 3 h 4 i 5 j 2.
3 thanks to
WORD WORK 4 realized
1 5 unpleasant
a probable 6 disappear
b furniture 7 wax
c baffled 8 sealed
d matches 9 guilty
e cell
f basement GUESS WHAT
g report Open answers.

h prove Project A pages 56–57

i ugly 1 Sample answers:
j joke a Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson live and
k passage work in Baker Street.
2 b Sherlock Holmes goes to London Bridge Station.
a probable c John McFarlane works in the City.
b prove d John McFarlane lives in Blackheath.
c report e Jonas Oldacre lives and works in Norwood.
d basement f Inspector Lestrade works at Scotland Yard.
e furniture 2
f baffled 1 who want to
g matches 2 invite you for
h passage 3 know the way
i ugly 4 who asks you
j joke 5 go to places
k cell 6 a lot of money
7 or to church
3
Open answers.

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
Project B pages 58–60
2
Conan Doyle
born 1859, not good student, read a lot
studied in Austria for a year when 16
good at sport
studied to be doctor at Edinburgh University
favourite teacher Joseph Bell
as student started writing stories because needed
money
worked as doctor on ship
good doctor, didn’t make lots of money
first Sherlock Holmes story was ‘A Study in Scarlet’
wrote 60 Sherlock Holmes stories in all
3
Sample answer: Alexander Smith was born in
Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia in 1948. He went
to school and university in Zimbabwe and then
Scotland.

He lived in Botswana in Africa for some years and

he worked as a Professor of Law at Botswana
University. Until 2004 he worked as a Professor of
Medical Law at Edinburgh University. He is an
international expert on genetics. He still lives in
Edinburgh with his family and cat, Gordon.

He wrote ‘No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency’ in 1996

and it was published in 1998. He has written a book
for children called, ‘The Perfect Hamburger’. He has
written over 50 books in all. He also writes for ‘The
Scotsman’ newspaper.

In his free time he plays the bassoon in an amateur

orchestra called, ‘The Really Terrible Orchestra’ and
his wife, Elizabeth plays the flute.
4
Open answers.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY
Level Two
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery
1 5
b Have you found the body? b on (9)
c Have you arrested anyone yet? c at (7)
d Where have you taken him? d on (6)
e What has he told you about the crime? e in (3)
f Has Mr Holmes visited Deep Dene House? f in (1)
g Has he helped you with the investigation? g on (10)
2 h in (8)
b have thought i at (4)
c died j on (2)
d went 6
e talked b exciting
f happened c surprised
g have never done d frightened
h killed e annoyed
i have met f surprising
j visited g interested
k has not/hasn’t found h frightening
l have told i annoying
m have just found j excited
3 k interesting
b himself (McFarlane) l boring
c ourselves (Holmes) 7
d yourself (Watson) b carefully (adverb) … thoughtfully (adverb)
e myself (Mrs Lexington) c warmly (adverb) … friendly (adjective)
f yourselves (Lestrade) d dry (adjective) … quickly (adverb)
g herself (Holmes) e angry (adjective)
h myself (McFarlane) f sunny (adjective) … happy (adjective)
i yourself (Watson) g daily (adjective) … happily (adverb)
j myself (Holmes) h hungry (adjective)
k themselves (McFarlane) i weekly (adjective) … angrily (adverb) … busy
l himself (Holmes) (adjective)
4
b pleased to meet
c happy to do
d astonished to read
e funny to see
f easy to understand
g happy to leave
h sad to learn
i sorry to say
j impossible to explain

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