Six Sherlock Holmes Stories - Silver Blaze

Six Sherlock Holmes Stories - Silver Blaze - Comprehension quiz 01

Holmes and Watson go to Dartmoor because
1. they think horse thieves have taken Silver Blaze there
2. Silver Blaze disappeared from a stable there
3. Silver Blaze is going to run in a race there
There was a lot of security at the stable because
1. there are many thieves on Dartmoor
2. Colonel Ross is very security-conscious
3. the horse was soon to run in a major race
Fitzroy Simpson wanted
1. information about horses
2. to steal Silver Blaze
3. to kill John Straker
Hunter, the stable boy, didn't stop Silve Blaze leaving his stable because
1. he had eaten opium
2. he took a bribe
3. the horse ran out too quickly
Holmes decides Silver Blaze is at Mapleton Stables after he
1. deduces this is the only possible place the horse could be
2. follows the horse's tracks across the moor
3. persuades Silas Brown to admit he is hiding the horse
Holmes becomes suspicious of Straker, the dead trainer, because
1. his footprints were on the moor
2. he was the only person who could have drugged Hunter
3. trainers often bet against their own horses
He discovers Straker's motive for the crime when he
1. speaks to his wife
2. finds a bill in his pocket
3. finds a scalpel among his belongings
Straker needed extra money
1. to buy dresses for his wife
2. to support a secret lover
3. to pay for his gambling habit
On the night he died, he took the scalpel to the stables
1. to defend himself against someone trying to break in
2. to kill the horse so it couldn't run in the race
3. to injure the horse so it would lose the race
Holmes' theory is confirmed by the behaviour of
1. the cows and the cat
2. the pigs and the chickens
3. the sheep and the dog

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Six Sherlock Holmes Stories - Silver Blaze - Comprehension quiz 01