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  • Who was Toby's master?
    He was Benedict Sherman.
  • Who does Holmes think killed Sholto?
    He thinks Jonathon Small killed Sholto.
  • What country was Wiggins from?
    He was from Turkey.
  • Why was Mrs. Hudson (the housekeeper) worried about Holmes?
    She was worried because he was muttering to himself in a strange way.
  • Why was Tonga killed?
    He was killed because Watson and Sherlock thought he was going to kill them with a poison thorn.
  • What did Holmes ask the Baker Street Boys to do?
    He asked them to find a black steam launch called the Aurora, and to search both banks of the river.
  • What did Holmes want Toby to do?
    He wanted Toby to find Jonathon Small.
  • Where was the key to the treasure chest?
    It was in the Thames River.
  • How did Inspector Lestrade know that Mr. Thaddeus was not the murderer?
    He knew that Thaddeus was with someone all the time, so he couldn't be the murderer.
  • Why did Sholto become a free man?
    He had an alibi.
  • Why does Holmes think Miss Morstan started to receive presents?
    He thinks it is because the Major's heir, Thaddeus, knew something about her father and wanted to tell her. 
  • Why did Mrs. Smith say maybe Mr. Smith and their son stopped in the middle of the river?
    They didn't have enough coal for their steam launch.
  • Why did Watson tell Miss Morstan he loved her after she opened the chest and saw that it was empty?
    It would show Miss Morstan that he loved her for her, not her treasure.
  • Who is not a person from the Sign of Four? Jonathon Small, Mahomet Singer, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar
    Mahomet Singer was not a Sign of Four member. Mahomet Singh was a member.
  • Who is the man who is Holmes' friend and is too old for Miss Morstan?
    He is Dr. Watson.
  • Why did Lestrade not arrest Mordecai Smith?
    He didn't arrest him because Mordecai Smith didn't know anything about the murder.
  • Why did Jonathon Small throw the treasure into the river?
    He did this so that he only had to find one thing, not a hundred little things, in one place.
  • Which two countries were at war when Jonathon Small was in India?
    They were India and England.
  • What happened to Jonathon Small's leg?
    A crocodile bit it off.
  • Why did Jonathon Small go to jail?
    It was because he killed someone in Agra.
  • Where was the fort in India that Jonathon Small stayed at with Indian rebels?
    It was in Agra.