Question

mid-term exam
excerpt from \the adventure of silver blaze\
by arthur conan doyle
\inspector gregory, to whom the case has been committed, is an extremely
competent officer. were he but gifted with imagination he might rise to great
heights in his profession. on his arrival he promptly found and arrested the man
upon whom suspicion naturally rested. there was little difficulty in finding him,
for he inhabited one of those villas which i have mentioned. his name, it
appears, was fitzroy simpson. he was a man of excellent birth and education,
who had squandered a fortune upon the turf, and who lived now by going a
little quiet and genteel book-making in the sporting clubs of london. an
examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five
thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite.

what can you infer about inspector gregory,
based on this passage from \the adventure of
silver blaze\?
inspector gregory believes that sherlock holmes killed
straker.
inspector gregory believes that fitzroy simpson killed
straker.
inspector gregory believes that silver blaze killed straker.

Explanation:

The passage states that Inspector Gregory "promptly found and arrested the man upon whom suspicion naturally rested"—this man is explicitly identified as Fitzroy Simpson. The other options are not supported by the text provided.

Answer:

Inspector Gregory believes that Fitzroy Simpson killed Straker.