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  • Both 'The Adventure of The Speckled Band' and 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' are ...
    • horror texts.
    • romance texts.
    • mystery texts.  ✓
  • Both 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' and 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' have ...
    • an innocent victim.
    • a bereaved sister.
    • misleading pieces of evidence.  ✓
  • Match the elements from 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' to the correct story.
    • Murder using an animal
      ⇔
      'The Adventure of The Speckled Band' ✓
    • Wrongly accused perpetrator
      ⇔
      'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' ✓
    • Murder occurs outside
      ⇔
      'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' ✓
    • A second murder is attempted
      ⇔
      'The Adventure of The Speckled Band' ✓
    • An ambiguous villain
      ⇔
      'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' ✓
    • Innocent victim
      ⇔
      'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' ✓
  • Which character from either 'The Speckled Band' or 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' is constructed by Conan Doyle to evoke the most sympathy from the reader?
    • John Turner  ✓
    • Dr. Roylott
    • Charles McCarthy
  • When you compare two texts what are you looking for?
    • looking for similarities
    • looking for differences
    • looking for similarities and differences  ✓
  • Which of these words is a comparative conjunction?
    • However  ✓
    • And
    • So
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