Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League, Part 4

Who was the musician that Sherlock mentioned that they were going to see?

• Beethoven

• Mozart

• Saraste

Which word means to "examine one's own thoughts or feelings?"

• introspect

• pensive

• absorbing

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means, "a difficult or hard problem?"

• conundrum

• absorbing

• introspect

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means, "unpleasant and unfriendly?"

• congenial

• uncongenial

• enthusiastic

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How is Holmes impolite to Watson?

• He pretends to not hear what Watson is saying.

• He asks Watson not to talk to him.

• He asks Watson to go listen to music with him.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does the author mention twice that Holmes pounded his stick on the pavement?

• the author probably forgot he had already mentioned it

• Holmes likes the way it sounds, so he does it twice.

• to let the reader know this is an important detail

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the last paragraph, Watson believes when Holmes is _______ he is about to become very energetic.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

According to the last paragraph, why does Watson think trouble is coming for "those people whose scent he (Sherlock) had caught earlier that day?"

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

When Sherlock knocks on the pawnshop door and speaks with the assistant, what does he use this time to look at?

• the assistant's hands

• the assistant's face

• the knees of the assistant's trousers