Starter quiz
- What is a newspaper article?
- a piece of writing designed to inform the public on a recent event ✓
- a piece of writing to analyse an author's work
- a piece of writing that you send to your friend with life updates
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- What is not a section of a newspaper article?
- headline
- tail
- quotes ✓
- opening
- main body
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- What happened to Roylott at the end of 'The Speckled Band'?
- he was sent to prison
- he died ✓
- he fainted
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- What killed Julia Stoner in 'The Speckled Band'?
- A venomous snake bite ✓
- A vicious cheetah attack
- A baboon bite
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- Why could the coroner report not accurately conclude the cause of Julia Stoner's death in 'The Speckled Band'?
- the tests were unfamiliar with the venom of a swamp adder ✓
- there was only a small amount of poison in her body, so it went undetected
- Roylott sabotaged the original reports
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- In 'The Speckled Band', how did Holmes feel about Roylott’s death?
- remorseful
- disappointed
- indifferent ✓
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