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Answer the following questions in brief:
1. Why was Soames upset?
2. How did Soames conclude that the papers had been tampered with by
someone?
3. Why did Holmes ask all the three students to give him a pencil?
4. How did Bannister help Gilchrist? Why did he do so?
5. Why did Gilchrist decide to skip the examination?
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Answer:
4.Bannister had collapsed in the chair to hide Gilchrist's gloves, which he saw had been left on the chair. Then Bannister, who had known Gilchrist since his childhood, helped him to escape
5.Since Gilchrist was not well prepared he was nervous and assumed that it would be a better idea to skip his examination. He became very demotivated regarding his studies. Regardless of all his efforts to muster up the courage, he was not able to over come his fears.