Discussion Questions for
"The Red-Headed League"

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Where does Sherlock Holmes say we must go "for strange effects and extraordinary combinations"?(28) What does he mean by this?

Why are people impressed by something until they know how it is done? (pg. 30)

Do you think Holmes is right when he says, "the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be"? Why or why not? (pg. 40)

What do you think Sherlock Holmes means when he says, "It is quite a three pipe problem"?(top of page 41)

What does Holmes mean when he says, "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me so"? (pg. 52)

Why is Holmes able to figure out what is going to happen while Watson is not?

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