DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Level One
Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown
SETTING
Choose the best answer. 9 Holmes finds footprints in _____.
a □ the street
1 Alexander Holder leaves the Emerald crown
b □ the front garden
_____.
c □ the Stable Lane
a □ at his Bank
d □ Holder’s house
b □ in his desk at home
c □ at Sherlock Holmes’s house 10 Holmes gets one of Burnwell’s shoes
from _____.
d □ in a gambling club a □ Holder’s house
b □ the police station
2 When he arrives home, Holder sees a stranger in a
c □ the Stable Lane
hat and a long coat in _____.
d □ Burnwell’s house
a □ his garden
20 marks
b □ the street
c □ his room
d □ a carriage CHARACTERS
Choose the best answer.
3 Arthur first met Burnwell _____.
a □ at school 11 _____ is not very good with money.
b □ at Holder’s house a □ Arthur
c □ in the street b □ Mary
d □ in a gambling club c □ Holder
d □ Lucy
4 Mary first met Burnwell _____.
a □ in the stable lane 12 _____ is handsome and a wonderful talker.
b □ at Holder’s house a □ Arthur
c □ in the street b □ Francis Prosper
d □ in a gambling club c □ Holder
d □ Burnwell
5 In the evening admirers come to see
Lucy _____. 13 _____ is a famous banker.
a □ at the kitchen door a □ Arthur
b □ in the kitchen b □ Francis Prosper
c □ in the garden c □ Holder
d □ in her room d □ Burnwell

6 Arthur asks Holder for money _____. 14 _____ has a wooden leg.
a □ in Holder’s office a □ Arthur
b □ at the dinner table b □ Francis Prosper
c □ in Holder’s room c □ Holder
d □ in the garden d □ Burnwell

7 Holder finds Arthur with the crown _____. 15 _____ works in Holder’s house.
a □ in his office a □ Francis Prosper
b □ in the lane b □ Arthur
c □ next to an open window in the hall c □ Burnwell
d □ Lucy
d □ in the back garden 16 Mary helps _____ because he needs money.
8 After Holder finds his son with the crown, Arthur a □ Francis Prosper
leaves for _____. b □ Arthur
a □ Sherlock Holmes’s house c □ Burnwell
b □ the police station d □ Holder
c □ Burnwell’s house
d □ the garden

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17 _____ says nothing to Holder about the crown

25 ‘You’re a very good detective, Mr Holmes.’
because he wants to help Mary.
a □ Arthur
a □ Francis Prosper
b □ Mary
b □ Arthur
c □ Burnwell
c □ Burnwell
d □ Holder
d □ Holmes
26 ‘I’m sorry but you can’t come with me
18 Holder says sorry to _____.
this time.’
a □ Arthur
a □ Watson
b □ Mar
b □ Burnwell
c □ Lucy
c □ Holmes
d □ Burnwell
d □ Holder
19 Mary writes a letter to _____.
27 ‘Can you bring it to me later this evening?’
a □ Arthur
a □ Holmes
b □ Holder
b □ Burnwell
c □ Sherlock Holmes
c □ Holder
d □ Burnwell
d □ a man from the British Royal family
20 Holmes gets the missing emeralds back
28 ‘I don’t have any money but I need some new
from _____.
shoes.’
a □ Arthur
a □ Watson
b □ Holder
b □ Burnwell
c □ someone in the British Royal family
c □ Holmes
d □ Burnwell
d □ Holder
20 marks
29 ‘Give me three thousand pounds for them.’
a □ Arthur
DIALOGUE
b □ a man from the British Royal family
Who says this?
c □ Holmes
21 ‘There’s a very strange man in our street.’ d □ Holder
a □ Watson
30 ‘I can’t find words to thank you.’
b □ Holmes
a □ Arthur
c □ Holder
b □ Mary
d □ Mary
c □ Holder
22 ‘I need to borrow fifty thousand pounds.’ d □ a man from the British Royal family
a □ Arthur 20 marks
b □ Burnwell
c □ Holmes
VOCABULARY
d □ a man from the British Royal family
Choose the best answer.
23 ‘Any key opens that desk.’
31 to take for a short time
a □ Arthur
a □ lock
b □ Mary
b □ continue
c □ Burnwell
c □ borrow
d □ Lucy
d □ fall
24 ‘Look, there are three emeralds missing.’
32 not usual
a □ Arthur
a □ strange
b □ Mar
b □ surprised
c □ Holmes
c □ sure
d □ Holder
d □ safe

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33 people talk about this angrily or interestedly PLOT

a □ scandal Choose the best answer.
b □ case 41 At dinner Holder tells Arthur and Mary about the
c □ truth _____ in his desk.
d □ crime a □ emerald crown
34 to try to find out about something b □ money
a □ believe c □ cheque-book
b □ explain d □ photograph
c □ protect 42 Perhaps _____ listens to Holder at dinner, too.
d □ investigate a □ Francis Prosper
35 when you do something wrong you are this b □ Burnwell
a □ terrible c □ Lucy
b □ guilty d □ a man from the British Royal family
c □ twisted 43 Holder finds Mary at the Stable Lane window
d □ innocent soon after she speaks to _____ in the lane.
36 you can close or open a door with this a □ Lucy
a □ path b □ Burnwell
b □ pistol c □ Arthur
c □ key d □ Francis Prosper
d □ cheque 44 _____ took the emeralds, thinks Holder at first.
37 this room is at the top of the house
a □ corner a □ Arthur
b □ attic b □ Burnwell
c □ kitchen c □ Mary
d □ hall d □ Francis Prosper

38 this person doesn’t say true things 45 Mary takes the crown because she _____.
a □ maid a □ doesn’t like Holder
b □ uncle b □ likes emeralds
c □ liar c □ doesn’t like Arthur
d □ greengrocer d □ loves Burnwell

39 excited, not doing what someone wants 46 Arthur _____ Burnwell in the back garden.
a □ in trouble a □ kills
b □ loud b □ takes the crown from
c □ wild c □ can’t find
d □ worried d □ talks with

40 blood comes from here when someone hits you 47 You can’t _____ a gold crown easily, and it
a □ remainder makes a lot of noise when you do it.
b □ gold a □ break
c □ set b □ make
d □ cut c □ move
20 marks d □ lose

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48 Holmes begins to find the answers to his
questions _____.
a □ when he talks to Mary

b □ in the snow in the lane

c □ when he talks to Arthur

d □ when he listens to Watson

49 Holmes wants Burnwell’s shoes

because _____.
a □ he likes Burnwell
b □ Burnwell wears good shoes
c □ he doesn’t like new shoes

d □ he wants to put them in the footprints in the

snow
50 Holmes gives money to Burnwell because
he _____.
a □ feels sorry for him

b □ wants to stop him from running away with Mary

c □ wants the emeralds back from him

d □ is rich
20 marks

Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

Level One
Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown
SETTING PLOT
1b 41 a
2a 42 c
3d 43 b
4b 44 a
5a 45 d
6c 46 b
7a 47 a
8b 48 b
9c 49 d
10 d 50 c

CHARACTERS
11 a

Test Key
12 d
13 c
14 b
15 d
16 c
17 b
18 a
19 b
20 d

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

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

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Level One
Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown

BEFORE READING
1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell WORD WORK
them the answers now. They will find out as they 1
read that the answers are:
a Alexander Holder takes the crown home from the
bank.
d Mary takes the crown for Sir George Burnwell.
c Sir George Burnwell takes the crown from Mary.
b Arthur takes the crown back from Burnwell.
2 b happens in the story
3 Open answers.

ACTIVITIES PAGES 6–7

READING CHECK
1
b T
c F (The Holder and Stevenson Bank is one of the
oldest London banks.)
d F (A man from the British royal family came to the 2
bank.) b attic f thief
e T c niece g marry... wild
f F (The man borrowed fifty thousand pounds from d play cards...sure h power
Holder.) e admirer...handsome
g T
h F (Holder saw a strange man in the front garden.) GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
WORD WORK them the answers now. They will find out as they
1 b4 c7 d9 e6 f 1 g 10 h 8 i 3 j 2 read that the answer is c.
2
b carriage f crown... emerald
ACTIVITIES PAGES 18–19
c maid g gold
d lock... key h surprised
READING CHECK
e desk
a6 b3 c5 d1 e7 f2 g8 h4
GUESS WHAT
WORD WORK
Encourage students to guess but do not tell b loud f really
them the answers now. They will find out as they c hall g liar
read that c happens. d missing h crime
e investigate i case
ACTIVITIES PAGES 12–13
GUESS WHAT
READING CHECK Encourage students to guess but do not tell
b4 c7 d5 e1 f8 g6 h2 them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
a1 b2 c1

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ACTIVITIES PAGES 24–25
ACTIVITIES PAGES 38–39
READING CHECK
b2 c3 d1 e1 f2 READING CHECK
b Burnwell is one of the worst men in the country.
WORD WORK c Mary met Burnwell by the window on the stable
1 lane, guilty, path, silence, innocent, remainder, lane.
greengrocer d Arthur saw Mary go downstairs with the crown.
2 e In the fight Arthur hit Burnwell above the eye.
b silence e lane f Holmes found two sets of footprints in the snow in
c innocent f greengrocer...guilty the stable lane.
d remainder g Holmes visited Burnwell’s house and spoke to his
maid.
GUESS WHAT h Holmes took out his gun and put it to Burnwell’s
Encourage students to guess but do not tell head.
them the answers now. They will find out as they i Holder wants to say sorry to his son.
read that the answers are:
WORD WORK
c and e
b pistol
c twisted
ACTIVITIES PAGES 30–31 d blood...cut
e protect
READING CHECK f fit
Holmes and Watson go back to Baker Street at three
o’clock. Holmes puts on the clothes of a working GUESS WHAT
man. Then he goes out. He comes home with an old Open answers.
black shoe, and he gives it to Watson. Holmes then
goes out again, and he arrives home after midnight.
The next day, Holmes and Watson are having Project A pages 40–41
breakfast when Holder comes to the house. Holder 1
shows them a letter from his niece, Mary.
Holmes asks Holder for a cheque, and Holder
quickly writes a cheque for three thousand pounds.
Holmes then takes out the missing corner of the
Emerald Crown.

WORD WORK
b Don’t go to see that new film – it’s terrible!
c My friend is in trouble because he was late for
school this morning.
d Our teacher sometimes explains new words to us
in class.
e I don’t believe her because she never tells the
truth.

GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
a1 b3 c2

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2
You can find the Austrian crown jewels at the
Hofburg Palace. The Hofburg Palace is in Vienna.
It’s easy to get there by underground train – the
nearest underground station is Stephansplatz. You
can visit the crown jewels from ten o’clock to six
o’clock from Wednesday to Monday. The Hofburg
Palace is closed on Tuedays.
You can see the crown jewels in the Treasury. There
are many different crowns, famous swords, and
important jewels from the Austrian Imperial family’s
past there. The most famous crown is the Crown of
Rudolph II. It is gold, and it has a very big emerald,
eight diamonds, many rubies and sapphires, a large
pearl from Panama, and smaller pearls from Persia
in it.
3
Open answers.

Project B pages 42–44

1 the notes match with map c
2 I found some interesting footprints – they are
Francis Prosper’s, I think.
He went along the road, through the gate, down the
path and round the seat. He then stopped at the
kitchen door for a long time.
Then he came back up the path, over / through /
across the flower bed, across the lawn, through the
gate and along the road again.
3
a into f through
b across g up
c out h along
d down i past
e at j to
4 Possible answer:
Arthur went down the stairs and then he climbed
through the window. He went down the stable lane to
the tree. There he fought Burnwell for the crown.
Then he came back up the lane, climbed through the
window again and went up the stairs.
Burnwell came up the stable lane, past the street
light, round the flower bed and up to the window.
There he took the crown from Mary. He went down
the stable lane to the tree. There Arthur fought him
and took most of the crown back from him. After that,
Burnwell went away down the lane again.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Level One
Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown
1 7
b could b on
c couldn’t c –
d could d At
e couldn’t e –
f couldn’t f –
2 g At
b could see h in
c couldn’t sleep i on
d couldn’t walk j in
3 k –
b There weren’t l at
c there were m on
d There was n in
e There wasn’t o at
f there were p at
4 q –
b Was there, There was a man in the carriage with r at
Holder. 8
c Were there, There were four maids in Holder’s b after
house. c into
d Was there, There was a letter from Mary on the d back
hall table. e along
e Were there, There were red walls in Holmes’s f up
house in Baker Street. 9
5 b sit down
b were called c walk back
c weren’t born d come along
d wasn’t called e look up
e was called f run after
f was called 10
g were born b 2
h were called c 3
i was called d 1
6 e 3
b Later f 1
c At first g 2
d in the end
e suddenly
f at once
g then
h when
i soon
j after that
k then

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