Friday, March 30, 2012

The Valley of Fear - Chapter Three Questions

Once you have finished the questions for Chapter One and Chapter Two, continue with the following questions for Chapter Three. Follow the same procedure that you followed for the Chpter One and Two questions. Make sure you remember to save your work.


CHAPTER THREE 

  1. Briefly describe the village of Birlstone. 
  2. What was the house where the murder took place called? 
  3. What the features restricted access to the Manor House? 
  4. Briefly describe John Douglas. 
  5. What did Douglas' neighbors think of him? 
  6. Briefly describe Mrs. Douglas. 
  7. Who was the guest at the Manor House? 
  8. How was he connected to the Douglas couple? 
  9. Name two of the Manor House's servants and indicate their jobs. 
  10. Describe Mr. Douglas as he was found by the doctor and the sergeant. 
  11. Who was first on the scene of the crime? According to Barker, how did the murderer escape? 
  12. Why does Barker think so? 
  13. Where was the murderer hiding in the room? 
  14. What distinguishing mark was on Douglas? 
  15. What was missing from Douglas' personal effects?

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Valley of Fear - Chapter Two Questions

Once you have finished the questions for Chapter One, continue with the following questions for Chapter Two. Follow the same procedure that you followed for the Chpter One questions. Make sure you remember to save your work.

CHAPTER TWO

1.       Where did the murder take place?
2.       What did MacDonald think of Professor Moriarty?
3.       How did Holmes prove to MacDonald that there was more to Moriarty than there seemed to be?
4.       How does Moriarty punish his minions if they make mistakes?
5.       Who sent a letter requesting help to MacDonald?
6.       How was Mr. Douglas murdered?

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Valley of Fear - Chapter One Questions

For each of the chapters in The Valley of Fear, we will be answering questions concerning the content of that chapter. Read the following instructions to begin the assignment.
  • Create a WORD document entitled The Valley of Fear Chapter Questions.
  • Copy and paste the questions below into that document.
  • Answer the questions using full sentences.
  • Save your document

CHAPTER ONE

1.       Who is Porlock?
2.       Who is Professor Moriarty?
3.       What is the content of the letter Porlock sends to Holmes?
4.       What book did Holmes and Watson use to decipher the code?
5.       What did the coded message say?
6.       Who came to solicit help from Holmes and Watson?
7.       How was the information in the coded message confirmed?

Monday, March 19, 2012

Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Valley of Fear

One of the interesting things about this novel study is the fact that the novel in question belongs to the public domain. That means that there are no copyright laws that prevent us from accessing this novel on the internet.

That being said, we will use the online version below for our studies.

 The Valley of Fear

I strongly suggest that you save this document on your school accounts and email yourself a copy so that you have it at home as well.

We also can access, free of charge, an audiobook of The Valley of Fear. from the many online versions available, we will make use of the following audiobook:

The Valley of Fear - Audiobook

You can access this blogs for the links from anywhere you have internet connectivity.