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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harker begin researching during his stay with Harker?
(a) The whereabouts of the wooden boxes Dracula sent to London.
(b) The whereabouts of his father's fortune.
(c) The whereabouts of the man he thought was Dracula.
(d) The whereabouts of secret books on vampirism.

2. With what object does Harker try to attack Dracula with when he appears after they have tried to destroy all of the wooden boxes?
(a) A bottle of holy water.
(b) A gun.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A knife.

3. What official -- and despairing -- news does the team learn about the arrival of Dracula's ship?
(a) That none of the crew is left alive.
(b) That it is going to be three months late.
(c) That it is going to a different port.
(d) That it arrived before they did.

4. Where does the team hope to intercept Dracula?
(a) In New York.
(b) In the city of Varna.
(c) In Romania.
(d) In Madrid.

5. What does Van Helsing use to make putty while visiting Lucy's tomb?
(a) Communion wafers and putty mix.
(b) A drop of everyone's blood.
(c) Stones from the church.
(d) Putty that has been blessed.

6. Which word can best be used to describe Dracula's appearance in front of Mina, Harker, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris?
(a) Sudden.
(b) Conciliatory.
(c) Expected.
(d) Friendly.

7. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Mina and Van Helsing plan to catch him?
(a) By horseback.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) By steamboat.
(d) By horse and carriage.

8. What physical change about Mina worries Van Helsing?
(a) The hardening of her eyes.
(b) Her horrible breath.
(c) The extreme growth of her fingernails.
(d) Her extreme weight loss.

9. How does Mina react to Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journal?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She is overcome with joy.
(c) She is outraged.
(d) She never knows that Van Helsing read Harker's journal.

10. What does Holmwood offer Mina as thanks for her comfort during his grieving process?
(a) All of his property.
(b) All of his money and property.
(c) A lifetime of brotherly devotion.
(d) All of his money.

11. What is the first thing the vampire-hunting team notices when they enter the chapel while searching for the wooden boxes?
(a) An overpowering, nauseating odor.
(b) Strange music coming from within.
(c) The terrible cold that suddenly occurred.
(d) The lack of any dust in the room.

12. How many of the wooden boxes does the vampire-hunting team find when they enter the chapel?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Fifteen.

13. Despite his injuries, what does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team about Mina?
(a) That she has been kidnapped.
(b) That she fled in the night.
(c) That she was with Dracula.
(d) That she is dead.

14. In what form is Seward's diary recorded?
(a) It's written backward.
(b) In code.
(c) In Latin.
(d) On phonograph.

15. What happens to Renfield as a result of his injuries?
(a) He recovers and is let out of the asylum.
(b) He dies.
(c) He eventually descends into madness.
(d) He recovers from being a vampire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Seward and Van Helsing hide on the first night they visit Lucy's tomb?

2. How does Harker react to Van Helsing's assessment of his journals?

3. What does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team, despite his injuries?

4. What does Van Helsing use the putty he makes for?

5. How does Seward explain Lucy's lack of decomposition to Van Helsing?

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