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Comprehension Test
Dracula
Bram Stoker
1 Who are they? Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A
1 Mina is ...
2 Lucy is ...
3 Arthur Holmwood is ...
4 Jack Seward is ...
5 Professor Van Helsing is ...
B
a ... a friend of Mina who turns into a vampire.
b ... a doctor.
c ... Jonathan Harker’s fiancée, later his wife.
d ... Jack’s old teacher fromHolland.
e ... engaged to be married to Lucy.
20 marks
2 Places in the book. Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A
1 Count Dracula’s castle was in ...
2 The Count wanted to buy a house in ...
3 Mina went to stay with Lisa in ...
4 Count Dracula travelled to England by ship from ...
5 Jonathan got married in ...
B
a ... London. d ...Transylvania.
b ... Budapest. e ... Whitby.
c ... Varna on the Black Sea.
20 marks
3 Who said this in the story? Match a number from A with a letter from B.
1 ‘Ah, so I shall be near the dead.’
2 ‘Get off him! He’s not for you! Stay away from him.’
3 ‘Do not take them from your neck tonight, and do not open your window.’
4 ‘It isn’t easy for you, but itwill soon be done. Can you do this for her?’
5 ‘I feel that I am half a vampire already, and sometimes strange thoughts come into my head.’
a Count Dracula to the three women in the castle.
b Professor Van Helsing to Lucy.
c Mina to Jonathan, Jack, Arthur and the professor.
d Count Dracula to Jonathan Harker.
e Professor Van Helsing to Arthur.
20 marks
4 Put the followingsentences in the story in the right order. Number them 1–5.
a On the back of the cart was the coffin.
b It fell and broke open. Count Dracula lay there.
c I jumped on to the cart and pushed the coffin to the ground.
d By late afternoon we were getting near to Castle Dracula.
e Suddenly we saw some men in front of us with a cart.
20 marks
5 Vampires. Fill in the gaps inthese sentences.
a A vampire’s teeth are ..............................
b Vampires can only come out ..............................
c You are safe from a vampire if you wear a circle of .............................. round your neck.
d To kill a vampire, you must drive ..............................
e A vampire cannot return to its coffin if you put a piece of ..............................in it.
20 marks
Total marks

Multiple-choice Test
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 The story begins in _____.
a [ ] 1675 b [ ] 1775 c [ ] 1875 d [ ] 1975
2 Jonathan Harker lives and works in _____.
a [ ] Transylvania b [ ] London c [ ] Budapest d [ ] Whitby
3 Jonathan Harker travels to _____.
a [ ] Transylvania b [ ] Londonc [ ] Paris d [ ] Berlin
4 Castle Dracula is _____.
a [ ] near a big town b [ ] in a small town c [ ] in the mountains d [ ] next to the sea
5 Jonathan Harker goes to Castle Dracula _____.
a [ ] by ship b [ ] by coach c [ ] by train d [ ] on foot
6 Castle Dracula is _____.
a [ ] warm and comfortable b [ ] small and nice
c [ ] wonderful and bigd [ ] old and dirty
7 In Castle Dracula some of the doors are _____.
a [ ] locked b [ ] new c [ ] beautiful d [ ] broken
8 Mina goes to stay in _____ with Lucy and her mother.
a [ ] Transylvania b [ ] London c [ ] Varna d [ ] Whitby
9 One day a ship from Varna arrives on the beach. On the ship there are _____ but no people.
a [ ] gold crosses b [ ] coffinsc [ ] birds d [ ] horses
10 At the end, Count Dracula goes back to Transylvania by _____.
a [ ] ship b [ ] coach c [ ] train d [ ] car
20 marks
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Jonathan Harker’s job is to _____ houses for other people.
a [ ] buy and sell b [ ] paint c [ ] look after d [ ] clean
12 Count Dracula has very _____ hands with hair on...