Daffodil English class 8

Chapter -9 

The Adventure Of The Blue Diamond 

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Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Who is the narrator of the story?
   (b) Watson

2. Who had brought the hat and the goose?
   (a) Peterson

3. What had been found inside the goose?
   (b) Diamond (The "Blue Carbuncle" was a valuable gem found inside the goose.)

4. What did Sherlock Holmes decide to do first in order to find the criminal?
   (c) Advertise (He placed an ad to find the owner of the hat and goose.)

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True or False:

1. Holmes was looking at a chart with a magnifying glass when Watson came to him. – F (He was examining a hat.)
2. Peterson was a doorman. – T
3. Peterson was coming from a party on Christmas evening. – F (He witnessed a street fight and retrieved the hat and goose.)
4. Watson had broken the window of a shop. – F (There was no such incident.)

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Short Answer Questions:

1. What was Sherlock Holmes doing when Watson called on him two days after Christmas?

   • Holmes was examining an old hat that Peterson had brought him, using his deductive skills to analyze its owner.

2. Who was Watson? How was he related to Sherlock Holmes?

   • Dr. John Watson was a close friend and companion of Sherlock Holmes. He was also the narrator of most Holmes stories and assisted in investigations.

3. What had been found inside the goose and who found it?

   • A precious diamond, the Blue Carbuncle, was found inside the goose by Peterson's wife when she was preparing the bird for cooking.

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Long Answer Questions:

1. What incident led to Peterson getting the goose and the hat?

   • On Christmas Eve, Peterson, a hotel commissionaire, saw a man being attacked by a gang in the street. The man defended himself with a stick, breaking a shop window. He then ran away, leaving behind his hat and a goose. Peterson picked up the items and later brought them to Holmes.

2. How had Horner been caught despite not doing the deed he was accused of?

   • James Ryder, a hotel employee, framed Horner, a plumber, for stealing the Blue Carbuncle by falsely accusing him of taking the gem from a lady’s dressing room. Horner was arrested based on Ryder’s statement, though he was innocent.

3. What was the description of Henry Baker that Sherlock Holmes gave by looking at his hat?

   • Holmes deduced that Baker was an intelligent but poor man, middle-aged, formerly well-off but now struggling financially. He also inferred that Baker had lost his wife due to the state of his hat's condition.

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Reference to Context:

"Put this advertisement in all the evening papers."

1. Who is the speaker of this line?

   • Sherlock Holmes.

2. Whom was the advertisement intended for?

   • It was meant for Henry Baker, the owner of the lost hat and goose, so he would come to claim them.

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Let me know if you need any more clarifications!