Six Sherlock Holmes Stories - Vocabulary quiz 2 - Crime and Mystery words
Choose the best word for each gap.
In Silver Blaze, Silas Brown ________ that he hid the horse after he found him wandering on the moor. (pdf page 103)
accused
admitted
claimed
In A Scandal in Bohemia, Irene Adler uses a photograph to __________ the King. (pdf page 15)
suspect
kidnap
blackmail
In Silver Blaze, Holmes meets Gregory, a senior police officer who has the rank of ___________ . (pdf page 80)
inspector
colonel
sergeant
In The Blue Carbuncle, a plumber, John Horner, is ____________ of stealing a diamond from Lady Morcar's room. (pdf page 51)
proved
accused
believed
In The Speckled Band, there is an ____________ into the death of Julia Stoner to find out how she died. (pdf page 129)
investigation
inquiry
inquest
Sherlock Holmes is always looking for _________ - pieces of information that help him solve mysteries. (pdf pages 43, 58, 93, 211, 219, 220)
facts
clues
forensics
In The Blue Carbuncle, the ___________ against the plumber, John Horner, is so strong, that it seems likely he will go to prison.
evidence
information
suspicion
In The Blue Carbuncle, Holmes is sure that Henry Baker is ______________ because he didn't know the diamond was inside his goose. (pdf page 55)
guilty
innocent
villain
In The Man with the Twisted Lip, Hugh Boone the beggar is arrested and kept in __________ at the police station. (pdf page 233)
jail
custody
prison
In Silver Blaze, the only _____________ found is a small knife. (pdf page 94)
instrument
arm
weapon
In The Copper Beeches, Holmes calls Jephro Rucastle a ____________ because he locks up his daughter in a secret room. (pdf page 195)
hero
villain
bad guy
In The Man with the Twisted Lip, Holmes thinks that Mr St Clair's letter to his wife might be a _________ - in other words, it might have been written by somebody else pretending to be him. (pdf page 227)
copy
forgery
imitation
In The Speckled Band, we are told that the violent Dr Roylott killed his servant in India and was lucky that he wasn't __________ ; he was only sent to prison. (pdf page 122)
executed
killed
murdered
In Silver Blaze, Holmes tells Colonel Ross that the horse killed the trainer in self-__________ . (pdf page 110)
awareness
esteem
defence
In The Speckled Band, the __________ at the inquest into the death of Julia Stoner cannot find any clear cause of death. (pdf page 129)