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Sunday 22 February 2015


CHAPTERS 3 & 4
  1. Was Sir Charles Baskerville murdered?
  2. How did Barrymore find SIr Charles' body?
  3. "Sir Charles had walked on his toes" How did his butler get to that conclusion?
  4. Why was his death important?
  5. Why didn't Dr. Mortimer want Sir Henry to go to the family Hall?

CHAPETRS 5 & 6
  1. Five mysterious things happened to Sir Henry before he left London. What were they?
  2. Why did Holmes assume that the address was written in a hotel?
  3. Was staying at Baskerville Hall a safer option than staying in London?
  4. Holmes suspected of Barrymore. Why? How did he manage to know where he was?
  5. What happened to Sir Henry's two uncles?
The answers are due in a week [1st march]

ANSWERS  TO CHAPTERS 3&4
  1. No, he wasn't. He died from natural causes since his heart had been weak for some time.
  2. He followed Sir Charles' footprints to the far of the Alley.
  3. Because Sir Charles' footprints changed from the moor gate to the end of the Alley.
  4. Because it showed that the footprints did not belong to Sir Charles but to a huge hound.
  5. Because all Baskervilles who had lived in the Hall have died terrible deaths and Sir Charles' work must go on for the sake of his lands.
ANSWERS TO CHAPTERS 5&6
  1. One of his new shoes was stolen;he received a warning letter from an unknown person;he was followed by a man with a large black beard; a second, old shoe was stolen; and the new shoe reappeared in his hotel room.
  2. Because the pen and the ink have both given the writer trouble since there was probably little ink in the bottle.
  3. Yes, it was. In case someone tried to hurt Sir Henry, staying in the country, it would easier to catch him afterwards.
  4. Because Barrymore wore beard. He sent a telegram to him at the Hall. 
  5. Sir Charles Baskerville, who died at Baskerville Hall three months before, and Roger Baskerville, a criminal, who had gone to South America and died of a fever.