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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucy look when Professor Van Helsing arrives to examine her after she has been bitten?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is full of energy.
(c) Her hair is turning gray and falling out.
(d) She is very gaunt and pale.

2. What does Dracula do once Harker finally arrives?
(a) He locks him away as soon as possible.
(b) He puts him to work in the study.
(c) He introduces him to the other dinner guests.
(d) He shows Harker to his room and offers him dinner.

3. What does Dracula force Harker to say in the letter he must write during his captivity?
(a) That he no longer wants to marry his fiancée.
(b) That he is very happy with Dracula.
(c) That he is going to stay another month in Transylvania.
(d) That he needs more money as soon as possible.

4. What does Harker include in the letter he is forced to write while a captive of Dracula's?
(a) A secret plea for help.
(b) A separate letter for his fiancée.
(c) Code with directions of finding Dracula's home.
(d) Money to help pay for his escape.

5. What happens to Mr. Hawkins shortly after Harker and Mina return from abroad?
(a) He is kidnapped.
(b) He dies.
(c) He decides he doesn't like Harker anymore.
(d) He goes insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harker find it difficult to shave in Dracula's home while he is first visiting?

2. How does Harker deal with realizing he is being held captive by Dracula?

3. Who is Mr. Hawkins?

4. What happens to Holmwood's father?

5. What cargo is the Russian ship carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucy respond to the transfusions that Van Helsing orders?

2. What features of Dracula's new home in England create a sense of foreboding and unease for both Harker and the reader?

3. What extraordinary power does Count Dracula's driver seem to have?

4. How does Harker react to the innkeeper's wife's gift for protection when she learns he is on a journey to see Count Dracula?

5. Which two characters are under Dracula's mind control at the time that Harker is committed to the Budapest hospital?

6. Between Lucy and Mina, which woman is considered to be more beautiful?

7. Who is Mr. Swales?

8. What about Lucy's nighttime behavior during Mina's visit is so troubling?

9. What major physical changes does Lucy go through right before her death?

10. What is the reader supposed to assume is happening to the children of London at night after Lucy dies?

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