View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Helen and Paul go to make a life for themselves after finding Dracula’s sarcophagus?

2. What does the narrator realize about her mother’s postcards?

3. What does Hugh James offer to do for Paul?

4. What was scheduled to happen only days after Elsie’s injury?

5. Who kills Dracula?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about her father when she finds his empty room in France? Why?

2. Why do the narrator and Barley get off the train before their designated stop?

3. What advice does Rossi offer Helen and Paul when they go to find Dracula in the tomb?

4. What do Helen and Paul do after sharing their story with Bora and his wife?

5. What two things does Helen admit to Rossi after Jozsef interrogates Aunt Eva?

6. How did Rossi continue his research after Dracula abducted him?

7. What does Dracula think of Paul? How do you know?

8. Who is Ranov? What is his relationship with Paul and Helen?

9. What does Paul suspect about Helen when they travel to Hungary? How do you know?

10. Why do Helen and Paul drive a silver dagger into Rossi’s heart?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define genre. What is its purpose in literature? Identify the genre of The Historian. What characteristics of that genre are seen in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Define inference. What is its purpose in literature? How is it identified? Identify and explain at least one inference made in The Historian. How does it impact the story?

Essay Topic 3

Define epilogues. How are they used in literature? Explain how the epilogue of The Historian impacts the story. What is revealed in the Epilogue? How would the story be different without it?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 596 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample