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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Paul take the dragon book to when he discovers it does not belong in the library?
(a) Ambassador Roulan.
(b) Admiral Keifer.
(c) Howard Martin.
(d) Professor Rossi.

2. What happens to Paul after he finishes reading Rossi’s letters?
(a) His dog disappears.
(b) All his neighbors move out.
(c) He receives an ominous, unsigned letter.
(d) His cat is killed.

3. What was Paul’s career when the dragon book came into his possession?
(a) He was a young university professor.
(b) He was a graduate student.
(c) He was teaching high school.
(d) He was serving in the military.

4. What is the text of the dragon book?
(a) The book is blank.
(b) It is an account of Paul’s life up to that point.
(c) It is an account of the life of Dracula.
(d) It is a journal written by Dracula.

5. How many people survived the killings in the story told to the narrator and Paul in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) All but two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

6. What single word is on the banner held by the dragon in the dragon book?
(a) PAUL.
(b) DRAKULYA.
(c) BARTOLOMEO.
(d) ISTANBUL.

7. What happens to Rossi’s friend Hedges in Part One, Chapter 12?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) He suffers a fall.
(c) He is attacked.
(d) He is in a fire.

8. Who does Paul encounter in the library on his first day of research into finding Dracula’s tomb?
(a) An American professor who is also looking for Dracula’s tomb.
(b) A grubby male librarian with puncture marks on his neck.
(c) Professor Rossi.
(d) A tall, dark man.

9. In what year is the story being told?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1962.
(c) Sometime in the 1950s.
(d) 2008.

10. What is the year at the beginning of Part One, Chapter 24?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1966.
(d) 2008.

11. What is Johan Binnerts’s job?
(a) Biographer.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Writer.
(d) Professor.

12. Where does the narrator live when the story begins?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

13. Who does Rossi give his documents to when he stops his research after his room is ransacked?
(a) Rossi.
(b) No one; he leaves them to be found.
(c) An unnamed librarian.
(d) Bora.

14. What country was Paul in when the dragon book came into his possession?
(a) France.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) England.
(d) The United States.

15. According to Rossi’s final letter, what is he determined to do?
(a) Avenge Hedges’s death.
(b) Avenge his wife’s death.
(c) Live a quiet, happy life.
(d) Find Dracula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is missing from Rossi’s bookshelf after he disappears?

2. What killed several people in the story told to the narrator and Paul in Part One, Chapter 7?

3. According to Part One, Chapter 8, where did the second of Rossi’s letters come from?

4. How long after giving Paul his research documents did Rossi disappear?

5. How long ago did the events in the story occur?

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