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Comprehension Test
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
R. L. Stevenson
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a T Mr Utterson knew the man who signed Mr Hyde’s cheque.
b T Dr Jekyll and Dr Lanyon stopped talking after a scientific disagreement.
c F Mr Hyde lived in a very rich part of London.
d F Mr Hyde shot Sir Danvers Carew with a gun.
e T Mr Guest discovered thatthe writing on the two letters was very similar.
f F Dr Lanyon died very suddenly.
g T Poole broke the door of Dr Jekyll’s study with an axe.
h F Mr Utterson found Dr Jekyll’s body in the study.
i T Dr Lanyon saw Mr Hyde change into Dr Jekyll.
j T Dr Jekyll decided to leave his money to Mr Utterson.
20 marks

2 Which of these adjectives are used in the bookto describe Dr Jekyll, and Mr Hyde? inhuman, generous, evil, imaginative, kind, ugly, good, happy, violent, cruel.
Doctor Jekyll: ................., ................., ................., ................., .................
Mr Hyde: ................., ................., ................., ................., .................
Dr Jekyll: generous, imaginative, kind, good, happy
Mr Hyde:inhuman, evil, ugly, violent, cruel


10 marks

3 Why do you think Dr Lanyon died?
Dr Lanyon died after he saw Mr Hyde turn into Dr Jekyll. This frightened him and made him lose his faith in his own scientific beliefs. He was probably killed by the shock.










10 marks

4 Complete the following sentences.
a Mr Utterson invited Dr Jekyll for a walk but ...
b When DrJekyll/Mr Hyde refused to open the door of his study Mr Utterson decided …
c Dr Jekyll made the drug because ...
d Dr Jekyll locked himself in his study because ...
e Mr Hyde hated Dr Jekyll but he didn’t kill him because ...


4 Possible content for students’ answers.
a … he said he couldn’t leave the house because he was ill.
b … they must break down the door.
c … he wanted toseparate the two sides of his character and give freedom to his wilder side.
d … he had changed into Mr Hyde and he couldn’t change back.
e … he knew this meant killing himself.


20 marks

5 When he realised that Hyde was starting to take control Dr Jekyll decided to stop taking the drug. But after two months he took the drug again. Why?
Dr Jekyll took the drug again because his lifeseemed boring
10 marks

6 Imagine you are Mr Utterson. Write a letter to the police telling the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.


























30 marks

Total marks


Multiple-choice Test
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
R. L. Stevenson

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Mr Utterson was _____.
a [ ] Jekyll’s lawyer b [ ] Hyde’s friend c [] a detective d [ ] Dr Lanyon’s lawyer
2 One day, Richard Enfield told Mr Utterson about _____.
a [ ] a horrible house
b [ ] a horrible child
c [ ] a horrible man who had walked over a child’s body
d [ ] a horrible man who had hurt a woman
3 The man agreed to pay _____.
a [ ] one pound b [ ] ten pounds c [ ] one hundred pounds d [ ] a thousand pounds4 He went into _____.
a [ ] the front of a house b [ ] a small hotel c [ ] a prison d [ ] the back of a house
5 The man said his name was Mr Hyde, but the name on the cheque was _____
a [ ] Doctor Lanyon b [ ] Richard Enfield c [ ] Henry Jekyll d [ ] Mr Utterson
6 Doctor Jekyll’s will said if he died, _____.
a [ ] only the laboratory should go to MrHyde
b [ ] the house should go to Mr Utterson
c [ ] nothing should go to Mr Hyde
d [ ] everything should go to Mr Hyde
7 Doctor Lanyon hadn’t seen Doctor Jekyll for a long time because _____.
a [ ] Jekyll had started to look strange b [ ] Lanyon was jealous of Jekyll’s ideas
c [ ] Jekyll had developed some strange ideas d [ ] Jekyll was jealous of Lanyon’s...