The Hound of the Baskervilles
By
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
GUIDED READING QUESTIONS
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MISS DOMAN
NAME: ____________________________
PERIOD: ________
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Directions / Review of Reader’s Notebook:
1. All directions must be followed for reader’s notebook or NO CREDIT will
be given.
2. Write a separate heading for each chapter.
Heading Set-up: GR Questions. Ch. _____ The Hound of the Baskervilles A.C. Doyle Date
3. COMPLETE SENTENCES must be written for all answers or NO CREDIT
will be given for the entire assignment!
4. Answers must include evidence from the novel (quote, passage, etc.) with
page number or NO CREDIT will be given for assignment.
5. Complete each portion of the guided reading questions on the assigned due
date. This WILL count as homework toward your homework grade for the
third quarter.
6. In addition, your completed notebook will be collected as a whole for a test
grade on the assigned due date with all materials included.
7. Take notes and correct your answers as we go over them.
8. See the teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
Chapter 1 “Mr. Sherlock Holmes”
1. At the beginning of the chapter where are Holmes and Watson?
2. What is a “stick?”
3. What does MRCS stand for?
4. How can the reader determine the year this novel takes place?
5. Who was the visitor?
6. What did the visitor leave behind?
7. How did Watson describe the visitor?
8. How does Holmes describe the visitor?
9. Explain why Holmes describes him this way.
10. Now you describe the visitor.
11. Why does he visit Holmes?
12. What humor is found in Holmes’s speculation concerning the type of dog Dr. Mortimer
owns?
13. What keen observation does Holmes make about Dr. Mortimer’s forefingers?
14. How does the visitor insult Holmes?
15. What does the visitor LIKE about Holmes?
16. Define dolicholiphalic. What significance does it have to the story?
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Chapter 2 “The Curse of the Baskervilles”
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What information does Mortimer have in his pocket?
Describe this article.
How does Holmes know how old this article is?
What advice did Sir Charles’ father give his sons in the manuscript Mortimer read to
Holmes?
5. What is the origin of the Hound story?
6. How does Sir Charles differ from his ancestor Hugo?
7. What was in the Devon County Chronicle of May 4th?
8. Who was Sir Charles Baskerville?
9. What happened to him?
10. What information was given by Barrymore and Murphy?
11. What “private facts” does Mortimer share with Holmes?
12. What is Holmes’s reaction to the legends and facts concerning the case?
13. What shocking thing did Mortimer see on the moor?
Chapter 3 “The Problem”
1. Describe the “alley”
2. What is between the hedges and the walk?
3. Why does Mortimer tell Holmes about the Baskerville mystery?
4. Why was it that no one else saw the marks seen by Dr. Mortimer?
5. What are the only ways to reach the yew alley?
6. Where was Sir Charles’s body found?
7. How did Mortimer know how long Sir Charles stood by the gate?
8. List THREE incidents that indicate the “thing is supernatural”
9. What does Dr. Mortimer want Sherlock Holmes to do to help?
10. Who is Sir Henry Baskerville?
11. What will happen if no one takes over Baskerville Hall?
12. What does Holmes recommend be done with Sir Henry?
13. Why does Holmes ask Watson to stay out for a while?
14. What did Holmes get while he was out?
15. What TWO questions face Holmes and Watson?
Chapter 4 “Sir Henry Baskerville”
1. Who is with Dr. Mortimer when he arrives at Holmes’ apartment?
2. What odd message did Sir Henry receive at the hotel?
3. What was the name of the hotel?
4. What was written in the letter?
5. How was the message written?
6. How did Holmes know where the words in the letter came from?
7. How does Holmes find WHERE the letters in the message came from?
8. What clues does the note point to about the writer?
9. What other strange incident did Sir Henry experience at the hotel?
10. What did he loose? How was it lost?
11. After the visitors leave, what do Holmes and Watson do?
12. Describe in detail what Holmes and Watson see.
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13. What happens next?
14. What mistake did Holmes make?
15. Whom does Holmes ask to help him?
16. What does he want this person to do?
Chapter 5 “Three Broken Threads”
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When Holmes arrives at the hotel, what does he want to see?
What two names had been added to the register after Sir Henry arrived?
What important fact did Holmes establish by checking the register?
Does Holmes obtain any information from the other hotel guests? Why or why not?
Whom did Watson and Holmes run into a the top of the Hotel stairs?
Describe the mood of the person at the top of the stairs. Explain why he is in such a
mood.
7. For what reasons does Holmes suggest Sir Henry go to Baskerville Hall immediately?
8. Whom does Holmes suspect to be the man with the beard?
9. How does he plan to check this out?
10. What did the butler receive from Sir Charles’s will?
11. How much money is left in Sir Charles’s estate?
12. Who is next in line to inherit Baskerville Hall should anything happen to Sir Henry?
13. What one provision does Holmes give to Sir Henry?
14. Why doesn’t Holmes accompany Sir Henry?
15. Whom does he send to assist him?
16. What suddenly turns up? Where? How does Holmes explain this?
17. Name the five inexplicable incidents that happened within two days.
18. How does Holmes feel about this case?
19. State the identity of “the rough-looking man” at Homes’ door.
20. What surprising fact did the man at Holmes’ door have to say about the “black-bearded
cab passenger?”
Chapter 6 “Baskerville Hall”
1. What does Holmes expect Watson to do while he is at Baskerville Hall?
2. Name the list of suspects Holmes has at this point.
3. Why does Holmes eliminate James Desmond from the list of suspects?
4. What final advice does Holmes give Watson before he leaves?
5. Describe the moor.
6. How does Sir Henry feel about seeing the moor?
7. Whom do Watson and Sir Henry see long the road to Baskerville Hall?
8. Why is he there?
9. What plan does Henry make for Baskerville Hall?
10. What surprising news does Barrymore tell Sir Henry?
11. What does Watson hear as he is lying in bed?
Chapter 7 “The Stapletons of Merripit House”
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Did Sir Henry hear the sound that Watson heard the night before?
What makes Watson suspicious of Barrymore?
How is Watson going to find out is Barrymore was in the cab?
Did Barrymore receive the telegram?
What motive would Barrymore have for the crime?
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6. Whom doe Watson meet next?
7. Describe Grimpen Mire.
8. What do they hear?
9. What is Stapelton’s explanation for the death of Sir Charles?
10. If the mire is so dangerous, why does Stapelton cross it?
11. What mistaken identity takes place in this chapter?
12. What does Miss Stapelton tell Watson to do?
13. What kind of job did Stapelton have before moving to this area?
14. Does Miss Stapelton believe in the legend?
Chapter 8 “First Report of Dr. Watson”
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In what form is this chapter written?
What “other factors” about the situation does Watson describe to Holmes?
Describe Mr. Franklin.
What does Watson say about the Barrymores?
Chapter 9 “The Light Upon the Moor”
1. What happened since the last report?
2. What is unusual about the window in the room in which Barrymore had been on the
previous night?
3. What did Watson think Barrymore was hiding?
4. Does it look like Henry is going to stay at Baskerville Hall for any length of time? How
do you know?
5. Why does Watson break his promise to Holmes by not going with Sir Henry to Merripit
House?
6. Whom did Sir Henry meet on the moor?
7. Who was spying on him?
8. What was the conversation between Henry and Beryl about?
9. What odd sight did Watson witness with Henry and Beryl?
10. How does Henry feel about Stapelton?
11. Why does Stapelton go to visit Henry?
12. What is the explanation for his previous conduct?
13. What promise does Henry make to Stapelton?
14. Why did Henry fire Barrymore?
15. Explain the mystery of the sobs, the tear-stained face of Mrs. Barrymore, and the secret
journey by Barrymore to the window.
16. What frightened Henry on the moor?
17. Did they ever see the criminal? Describe him.
18. What else did Watson see?
19. Explain the title of this chapter.
Chapter 10 “Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson”
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How is this chapter different from the previous two?
How is Sir Henry doing?
What evidence points to the hound being supernatural?
What evidence points to the hound not being supernatural?
What does Watson decide to concentrate on right now?
Why is Barrymore upset?
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7. Why doesn’t Sir Henry feel guilty about Barrymore?
8. Name two reasons Sir Henry and Watson decide not to go to the police.
9. What new information does Barrymore give Sir Henry about Charles’s death?
10. How did Barrymore know this information?
11. What was Mortimer doing out on the moor on such a miserable night?
12. Who does L.L turn out to be?
13. Where does she live?
14. What does Barrymore know about the man on the moor? (not Seldon)
15. How is the man able to survive?
Chapter 11 “The Man on the Tor”
1. What two important facts did Watson establish?
2. Why did Watson decide to go to Coombe Tracy alone?
3. What do the descriptions of Laura Lyons and Beryl Stapelton have in common?
4. What lie did Laura tell Watson?
5. Why did Laura meet Sir Charles in the garden instead of the house at such a late hour?
6. Why was she meeting him?
7. What is Watson’s impression of Laura?
8. What happened at the meeting between Laura and Sir Charles?
9. What convinced Watson that Laura was telling the truth about not meeting Sir Charles?
10. What information does Franklin have that can help the police?
11. What mistake does Watson realize that Franklin made?
12. How did Watson know he found the right hut?
13. Who does Watson realize is being followed? How does he realize this?
14. Who is the man on the tor?
15. How do you know?
Chapter 12 “Death on the Moor”
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How did Holmes know that Watson was in the hut?
Why was Watson so glad to see Holmes?
What drove the anger of Holmes’s deception from Watson’s mind?
What information does Holmes give Watson about Miss Stapelton?
How does Holmes discover Miss Stapelton’s identity?
According to Holmes, what crime has been committed?
What danger does Holmes fear?
Explain the other mistaken identity that occurs.
What signs does Stapelton give to show his disappointment with the victim’s identity?
Chapter 13 “Fixing the Nets”
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What two things might happen now that Stapelton has seen Holmes is in town?
According to Holmes, what is missing from the case?
What discovery is made about Sir Hugo’s portrait?
Why wasn’t Watson able to recognize the face as easily as Holmes?
What instructions does Holmes give Sir Henry?
Why did Laura write to Sir Charles shortly before his death?
Why is Laura upset when she learns from Holmes that Stapelton is married?
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8. What steps does Holmes take to convince the Stapeltons that he and Watson had returned
to London?
9. What new character is introduced in this chapter?
Chapter 14 “The Hound of the Baskervilles”
1. What does Watson say is one of Holmes’s defects?
2. Which of the three men is armed (Holmes, Watson, Lestrade)?
3. Who knew the layout of the house? How?
4. How did the baronet seem when Watson saw him through the window?
5. Where was the hound?
6. Who was oddly missing from the Merripit House?
7. What one thing is happening that can ruin Holmes’s plan?
8. How did Holmes know Sir Henry was on his way home?
9. What did Holmes do next?
10. How did the men react when they saw the hound?
11. Describe the hound.
12. What happened when the dog was hit by the bullet?
13. Describe Sir Henry’s reaction to the hound.
14. Why was Holmes confident they could kill the creature?
15. Who destroyed the hound?
16. What type of dog was the hound?
17. What did Watson, Holmes, and Lestrade find at Merripit House?
18. How did Stapelton make the hound look supernatural?
19. Why does Mrs. Stapelton cooperate with Holmes?
20. Why do they give up the chase?
21. What two things did they find on the moor?
Chapter 15 “Retrospection”
1. Why did it take so long for Watson to ask Holmes to discuss the Baskerville case?
2. How was Stapelton related to the Baskerville family?
3. What did Stapelton do to show he was up to no good when he moved to Devonshire?
4. What did Stapelton learn from Sir Charles?
5. What did Stapelton learn from Mortimer?
6. Where did Stapelton purchase the hound?
7. How did Mrs. Stapelton refuse to help her husband?
8. What did he do to her?
9. How did he trick Laura into helping him?
10. Why did he have to work fast?
11. How did Sir Charles die?
12. Why was it practically impossible to arrest Stapelton in Sir Charles’s death?
13. Why did Mrs. Stapelton compose the warning letter by cutting out the words instead of
writing them?
14. What was the purpose of the boot?
15. What happened to the hound while the Stapelton’s were in London?
16. How did Holmes decide Stapelton was the murder while he was still in London?
17. Who was watching Stapelton the whole time?
18. Who was watching Watson the whole time?
19. Why didn’t Holmes have a case even though he knew Stapelton was guilty?
20. How could Stapelton claim to be a Baskerville when he was known as Stapelton?
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