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1. 1.

   Match the words with their meanings.

   i. engrossed	1. defect or fault
   ii. ultimately	2. passed
   iii. sinister	3. preoccupied
   iv. elapsed	4. eventually
   v. flaw	5. threatening or menacing

    

2. 2.

   Make sentences of your own with:

   1. engrossed
   2. deadliest
   3. skull
   4. terrorising
   5. collapsed
   6. flaw
3. 3.

   Which of the following characters appealed to you most and why?

   1. Elias Openshaw
   2. Holmes
   3. John Openshaw
   4. Captain Calhoun
4. 4.

   Write the sentences according to the sequence of events in the story:

   1. The young man told us that he would go back to Waterloo and that he was armed.
   2. With the help of several people, a body was recovered.
   3. "Do not lose an instant and take care of yourself. Your life is in danger."
   4. "They must be cunning devils. I shall not leave them.
   5. "Holmes," I cried. "You are too late."
5. 5.

   What kind of a man was John Openshaw?

6. 6.

   Why did Elias Openshaw come back to England?