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Watson finds Holmes with a visitor, Mr. Jabez Wilson. Give details about his appearance. Does this appearance tell anything about him as a person? Explain why or why not
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"He wore rather baggy gray trousers, a not clean black frockcoat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain." No not really because it was just saying he doesn't have money
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Holmes lists the "obvious facts" that he deduces from Mr. Wilson's appearance. What are they and how did Holmes know? How does Mr. Wilson react to Holmes findings? Watson?
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One hand, his right hand was larger than his left. "You have worked with it, and the muscles are ore developed," said Holmes. The fish tattoo. "The fish that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist could only have been done in China. When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch chain, the matter become, even simpler."
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What is the only requirement needed to apply for a vacancy in the Red-Headed League?
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"All red headed men and above the age of twenty-one years, are eligible.
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Mr. Wilson is a pawnbroker, one who lends money at interest to people who give him items of personal property in exchange. What is unusual about his assistant, Vincent Spaulding? Why does he spend a lot of time in the cellar?
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He doesn't really look like the age he is "snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures."
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Why did Ezekiah Hopkins start the league? Why do you think he "had a great sympathy for all red-headed men?
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He was a red-headed himself. He had great sympathy for all red-headed men because he was one that's why he started the league
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What are some of the goals of the league?
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To all the red-headed who have grown up together and get a job
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Why do you think Spaulding wants Wilson to so badly join the league?
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Because he was a red-headed man
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Describe the work Mr. Wilson must do for the League. What exactly is it? When must he do it? What is supposedly the purpose? What happens if he leaves the office during working hours?
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Its 4 hours a day, every morning he came in at 10 am and left at 2 pm. Is to copy out of the Encyclopedia Britannica. If he doesn't show up to work he loses all of his money.
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Why was Mr. Wilson surprised that the job was actually real?
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Because it was hard to believe that a simple job like that and to get paid that well was surprising
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Why does the situation make Holmes and Watson burst into laughter?
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At the fact that they closed down for no reason
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What does Mr. Wilson learn from the landlord?
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There is no Duncan Ross, his real name is Vincent Spaulding. He's living on the ground-floor.
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Holmes begins to question Mr. Wilson about his assistant. List some of the things that he learns.
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He started to work 10 months ago; he got picked out of a dozen because he was handy and would come cheap, at half wages
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Sherlock wants to go to the violin concert. Why?
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He's an avid enthusiastic musician and it helps him think
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Why does Holmes pretend to be lost and ask the way of Mr. Wilson's assistant? What other odd thing does he do in front of Mr. Wilson's place of business?
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Sherlock wanted to check out the pants of the assistant, Vincent Spaulding. Sherlock also taps his cane on the ground. He is checking for a hollow spot (where the basement is located)
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Why did Sherlock want to see the knees of the assistant's trousers?
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He checked the pants to see if they were dirty, wrinkled, worn down
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Describe the following characters:
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Mr. Jones: police officer Mr. Merryweather: President of the Bank John Clay: Vincent Spaulding, the criminal mastermind
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What of special interest is hidden where they wait?
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Sherlock and wilson are waiting in the basement of the bank. The bank is holding a lot of French money, more than they have ever had before
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Who specifically do you think they are waiting for?
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John Clay
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Who are the people who enter the room?
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The criminals are Clay and Morrison
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At the end of the story, Holmes explains to Watson how he guessed the truth. What was the purpose of Clay's hiring Mr. Wilson to copy the Encyclopedia? What was Clay doing in the cellar? How did Holmes know Clay would attempt to rob the bank that night?
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Clay created the RHL to get Wilson out of the house for a few hours a day. Clay would then dig in the tunnel to develop his photo in the dark room. Sherlock knew that they would rob that night. The RHL abruptly ended, it was a Saturday night so they would have 2 days to escape.
