5 Written Questions

1. Receiving the 5 orange pips. He sent it by mail post to Captain James Calhoun who was the Captain of the ship ---the Lone Star which was from Savannah, Georgia.
2. He was a detective. The setting was London, England. He had a very keen sense of observation and was well-known for it.
3. K.K.K.
4. a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces.
5. The Klu Klux Klan a terrible secret society which was formedby some ex-Confederate soldiers after the Civil War. Its power was to terrorize the negro voters and murdering and driving all from the country who disagreed. They sent a specific sign like orange pips to claim that it was from the K.K.K.

5 Matching Questions

1. Why did the K.K.K. attack the Openshaw family?
2. What happened to John Openshaw?
3. imbecility
4. His Uncle Elias had one room that was always
5. What happened to Uncle Elias on May 2nd?

1. a He was murdered near the Waterloo Bridge.
2. b weakness of mind; state of being an imbecile; N. imbecile: stupid person; fool
3. c He was found dead in a little green-scum pool about 2 feet deep. It was ruled a suicide.
4. d Locked.
5. e Because Elias left America with papers which had names of people from the South who had participated with the K.K.K. and they want the papers back.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 5 orange pips, the initials K.K.K. and the message"Put the papers on the sundial."
   1. One day John received a letter postmarked from London which contained?
   2. Why did the K.K.K. attack the Openshaw family?
   3. What was the outcome of sending the pips?
   4. What happened to Uncle Elias on May 2nd?
2. The letter from India had 5 orange pips and the letters K.K.K. John laughed, but his uncle was very fearful and said that it meant death.
   1. What happened to Uncle Elias on May 2nd?
   2. Why did the K.K.K. attack the Openshaw family?
   3. What did the letter from India contain that Uncle Elias received in March 1883?
   4. What was the outcome of sending the pips?
3. A monocle; a one lense eye glass in one eye.
   1. orange pips
   2. gale
   3. pince-nez
   4. imbecility
4. The Lone Star --ship, never made it to America. The ship was lost at sea so the devilish trademark (the 5 orange pips ) was never received by Captain James Calhoun and 2 of his mates. It was never totally solved, because the criminals were lost at sea.
   1. Who was Sherlock Holmes?
   2. What happened to Uncle Elias on May 2nd?
   3. What happened to John Openshaw?
   4. What was the outcome of sending the pips?
5. The unbreakable tire which became very popular with the invention of the bicycle.
   1. Why did the K.K.K. attack the Openshaw family?
   2. In the story " The Five Orange Pips," John Openshaw's father had a patent on what invention?
   3. Where did John Openshaw's father die?
   4. What happened to John Openshaw?

5 True/False Questions

1. orange pips → seeds, pits from an orange.

   True        False

2. Where did John Openshaw's father die? → He was murdered near the Waterloo Bridge.

   True        False

3. gale → a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces.

   True        False

4. Who wrote the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes → Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1892

   True        False

5. John's father inherited Elias's estate. One day his father received a letter which was postmarked from Dundee, England, with the initials K.K.K. and 5 orange pips with instructions to put papers on the? What did John's father think about the letter, the pips and instructions? → sundial. The father thought it was a joke. John was fearful.

   True        False