Grade 7 · English language arts
This quiz helps revise “Mystery and detective stories” in English language arts for grade 7. It has 25 questions in five categories: Case Vocabulary, Story Craft, Sherlock Holmes, Poe's Puzzles, Christie Classics. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What do detectives call a person they think may have committed the crime?
What do detectives call someone who saw the crime happen?
What term means proof…
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In the gameWhat two-word term means…
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What device drops early hints about events that will happen later?
What device briefly moves a story from the present action to an earlier event?
What plot term names…
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Which author created the detective Sherlock Holmes?
Which doctor is Holmes's companion and usual narrator?
What London address is…
In the gameWhat 1887 novel first…
In the gameWhat is the surname…
In the gameIn what city do Poe's three C. Auguste Dupin detective tales take place?
What animal is revealed as the killer in The Murders in the Rue Morgue?
Which Poe story centers…
In the gameWhich real New York…
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In the gameWhich Belgian private detective did Agatha Christie create?
Which elderly amateur sleuth did Christie create to solve village mysteries?
What famous train gives…
In the gameWhat surname does the…
In the gameWhich estate is the…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.