20 POINTS PLEASE HELP M “Excuse me, I know everything about it. You are trying to trace a goose sold by Mrs. Oakshott, of Brixton Road, to a salesman named Breckinridge, by him in turn to Mr. Windigate, of the Alpha, and by him to Mr. Henry Baker.” “Oh, sir, you’re just the man I am looking for!” cried the little fellow, almost in tears. “Of course. But please tell me who it is that I have the pleasure of helping.” The man paused for a moment. “My name is John Robinson,” he answered with a sly glance. “No, your real name,” said Holmes sweetly. “It is always awkward doing business with a false one.” The stranger blushed. “Well then,” said he, “my real name is James Ryder.” Sherlock Holmes hailed a cab. “Precisely so—the head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Please step into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you everything you wish to know.”

Question 1 Part A What can readers predict based on the details in the excerpt and what has happened so far in the story?

Holmes knows where Ryder can find the goose. Holmes is planning to turn Ryder into the police. Ryder will assist Holmes in finding the jewel thief. Ryder is the person who stole the blue carbuncle.

Question 2 Part B Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
“’Oh, sir, you’re just the man I am looking for!’ cried the little fellow, almost in tears.”
“’Please step into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you everything you wish to know.’” “’Precisely so—the head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan.’”
“’But please tell me who it is that I have the pleasure of helping.'"