Answer the following questions. 1) When did the story take place? What was the weather like?

These questions refer to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Five Orange Pips" from the Sherlock Holmes series. Since I cannot read the specific text you are studying, I will provide the answers based on the original story. ### 1. Answer the following questions: 1) The story takes place in 1887. The weather is stormy and wet. 2) Watson was at Baker Street because he was visiting his friend Sherlock Holmes, as he frequently did. 3) John Openshaw was the visitor. He was young, well-dressed, and clearly in distress and terrified. 4) His father was a planter in Florida. His uncle lived in England (Horsham). The uncle had been a planter in Florida and returned to England with a fortune. 5) John lived with his uncle. One day, a letter from India arrived containing five dried orange pips. John didn't understand it, but his uncle was terrified. John stopped laughing because he saw his uncle's extreme fear. 6) His uncle was killed. He was found dead in the garden pool. The case was not over because the terror continued. 7) John's uncle was murdered by the KKK. 8) John's father didn't believe the story at first, but later he also received a letter with five pips and was eventually murdered. 9) John didn't go to the police because his father insisted it was useless and that the KKK was too powerful. 10) Yes, John went to the police after he received a letter, but they were unable to protect him or solve the case. 11) Holmes advised John to take the paper with the letters to the police and to return home immediately. Holmes suspected the KKK was involved and planned to track them down starting with the ship registry. 12) The newspaper article mentioned the ship *Lone Star* had been lost at sea. Holmes realized this was where the murderers were. 13) Holmes did not find the murderers in time; they were lost at sea. The *Lone Star* sank in a storm. ### 3. Say why: 1) The society sent orange pips to warn the victims that their time was up and they were marked for death. 2) Holmes was going to ruin the gang by exposing their criminal activities and the specific identities behind the KKK letters. 3) Colonel (the uncle) burnt his papers to destroy any evidence that might link him to his past in Florida and the KKK.