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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Seward and Van Helsing hide on the first night they visit Lucy's tomb?
(a) In the trees next to her tomb.
(b) In the churchyard.
(c) In special boxes they built that were well hidden.
(d) In the chapel next to her tomb.

2. What physical changes does Harker notice about Mina after she has been bitten?
(a) That she only wants to wear black.
(b) That she refuses to travel without her cape.
(c) That her lips are drawn and her teeth show prominently.
(d) That he fingernails are getting very, very long.

3. What urgent message does an attendant bring to Seward after he speaks to Renfield about Renfield's changing moods?
(a) That Renfield has escaped from his room, but not the asylum.
(b) That Renfield has met with a serious accident.
(c) That Renfield has been attacked by a mob of masked men.
(d) That Renfield is now only speaking in French.

4. What happened to the agent who took over Dracula's box?
(a) He was never heard from again.
(b) He somehow suddenly became very rich.
(c) He was later found dead with his throat torn open.
(d) He went insane.

5. What does Holmwood offer Mina as thanks for her comfort during his grieving process?
(a) All of his money and property.
(b) All of his property.
(c) A lifetime of brotherly devotion.
(d) All of his money.

6. What does Stoker say the vampire Lucy look like?
(a) Her arms look like "the scrawny limbs of a dead tree."
(b) Her hair "blows in the wind as if it were smoke."
(c) She resembles the "darkest of demons."
(d) Her eyes blaze with "unholy light."

7. How does Seward react to Renfield's constantly changing moods and behaviors?
(a) He thinks he is half vampire, half human.
(b) He remains suspicious.
(c) He thinks he is on the road to a full recovery.
(d) He thinks he has developed a split personality.

8. What condition is Mina in when the vampire-hunting team returns from their journey to the chapel (to hunt for the wooden boxes)?
(a) She is asleep and very pale.
(b) She is anxious and worried.
(c) She seems to have gone insane.
(d) She has seen something horrible and can no longer speak.

9. When does Mina end up reading Harker's diary?
(a) Just before Lucy dies.
(b) While Harker is still in a hospital in Budapest.
(c) After Lucy dies.
(d) She never reads his diary.

10. What do Holmwood and Morris think about Renfield after they meet him?
(a) That he should be let loose as a way of tracking Dracula.
(b) That he should be given a private room.
(c) That he could be released.
(d) That he should be provided with better food.

11. What physical change about Mina worries Van Helsing?
(a) Her extreme weight loss.
(b) Her horrible breath.
(c) The hardening of her eyes.
(d) The extreme growth of her fingernails.

12. What does the group fear will happen to Mina if she dies before Dracula is killed?
(a) She won't be able to help them anymore.
(b) She will become one of the "Un-Dead."
(c) She will be stuck between being in heaven and becoming a vampire.
(d) She will assist Dracula as a ghost.

13. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Harker and Morris plan to catch him?
(a) By horse and carriage.
(b) By horseback.
(c) By steamboat.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

14. After Mina is attacked, what is the vampire-hunting team's new plan?
(a) To fan out and search for Dracula in the marketplace.
(b) To wait for Mina to die before they do anything else.
(c) To destroy all of Dracula's boxes in one day.
(d) To bait Dracula with a bleeding Mina.

15. Despite his injuries, what does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team about Mina?
(a) That she fled in the night.
(b) That she is dead.
(c) That she has been kidnapped.
(d) That she was with Dracula.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Seward explain Lucy's lack of decomposition to Van Helsing?

2. What big project are Seward and Mina working on?

3. What does Mina reveal under hypnosis about the whereabouts of Dracula's ship?

4. What about Renfield amazes Holmwood and Morris the first time they meet him?

5. How does Mina react to Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journal?

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