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About the author
Bram Stoker (1847–1912) is best known as the author
of Dracula (1897), one of the most famous horror novels
of all time. Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf, Ireland
in 1847. He was sickly and bedridden for much of his
childhood. As a student at Trinity College, however,
he excelled in athletics and academics and graduated
with honours in mathematics in 1870. He worked for
ten years in the Irish civil service, and during this time
he was a drama critic for the Dublin Mail. His glowing
reviews of Henry Irving’s performances encouraged the
Shakespearean actor to seek him out. The two became
friends and in 1879, Stoker became Irving’s manager.
He also performed managerial, secretarial, and even
directorial duties at London’s Lyceum Theatre. Despite
an active personal and professional life, he began writing
and publishing novels, beginning with The Snake’s Pass in
1890. Dracula appeared in 1897. Following Irving’s death
in 1905, Stoker was associated with the literary staff of
London’s Telegraph and wrote several more works of
fiction, including the horror novels The Lady of the Shroud
(1909) and The Lair of the White Worm (1911). He died in
London, in 1912.
Summary
Jonathan Harker goes on a business trip to meet Count
Dracula in his dark castle somewhere in Transylvania.
He realises straight away that the Count is a strange and
evil man. He tries to escape but fails. Back in England,
Lucy, a friend of Jonathan’s girlfriend Mina, becomes
mysteriously ill after an encounter with something strange
in her garden. She is pale, tired, and has two marks on
her neck. Doctor Seward writes to his friend, Professor
Van Helsing, for help. Lucy dies and is buried. A number
of children are then found with marks on their necks
and Van Helsing knows that Lucy has come back to life
as a vampire. He and his companions go to the coffin
and push a wooden stake into her heart and cut off her
head. Van Helsing sets out a plan to kill Dracula. The men
first go to Carfax House, where Dracula is thought to
be hiding, but they find nothing except old boxes full of
earth. Then, they witness Mina drinking Dracula’s blood.
They challenge him but he escapes. Van Helsing knows
that Dracula has infected Mina in the same way as Lucy,
and there follows a race against time. They chase Dracula
across Europe to his castle and kill him. Mina is saved.
Chapters 1–2: Jonathan Harker, a lawyer’s clerk, travels
in a carriage through the wild countryside of Transylvania,
to the home of Count Dracula. Dracula wants to buy a
house in England and Jonathan has been sent to finalise
the contract. He arrives at the dark castle and meets
Dracula, who he thinks is a strange looking man. Then,
strange things begin to happen. Firstly, Dracula never eats
any food. Then, whilst Jonathan is shaving, Dracula silently
enters the room and is angry at the sight of a mirror. He
throws it out the window. One night, he sees Dracula
crawling down the castle wall like an animal. Shaken by
this experience, he falls asleep on a bed. Three beautiful
female vampires appear from nowhere and begin to
seduce him. Dracula suddenly returns and screams angrily
at the women. He drops a bag containing a live baby on
the floor for the women, which they then kill.
Chapters 3–4: Jonathan realises that he is being kept
prisoner in the castle and decides to escape. He knows
he has to get the key to the door, but it is in the Count’s
room. He crawls down the wall and into Dracula’s room
where he sees lots of boxes. In one of them, lying on
some earth in a sort of trance, is Dracula. Jonathan is too
scared to search further and leaves. The next day he
tries again. This time Dracula is in the box but has blood
around his mouth and looks like a wild animal. Jonathan
drops a stone on his head but to no effect. He runs back
to his room. Back in England, Jonathan’s girlfriend, Mina,
and her friend Lucy are worried about Jonathan. One
night, Mina finds Lucy in the garden, an ominous black
shape close to her. Mina also notices that her friend has
two small wounds on her neck. Lucy becomes ill and
mystified, Doctor Seward writes to his friend, Professor
Van Helsing.
Bram Stoker
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Chapters 5–6: Lucy is now very ill and Van Helsing
performs a blood transfusion. Then he surrounds the
girl with garlic flowers and orders that the windows and
doors are shut. Doctor Seward guards Lucy but one night
he is attacked by Renfield, a patient from the mental
hospital, and fails to go to Lucy’s house. The next day he
meets Van Helsing, and they discover the dead body of
Lucy’s mother lying next to her dying daughter. Lucy, now
with pointed white teeth and a changed face, asks her
boyfriend, Arthur, to kiss her. Van Helsing prohibits this
and Lucy lies back and dies.
Chapters 7–8: Days after the death, local children are
discovered with marks on their necks similar to Lucy’s.
Van Helsing suggests to Seward that Lucy made the marks
on the children and that she is a vampire. After midnight,
he and Seward go into Lucy’s tomb and discover she is
not in her coffin. Then they see her outside the tomb
with a small child in her arms. The next night, Van Helsing,
Seward, Arthur and Quincey Morris go to the tomb.
Once again, Lucy is not in her coffin but they wait until
morning and see her returning with another child. When
Lucy returns to her coffin, Arthur, under instruction from
Van Helsing, pushes a wooden stick into her heart, and
the vampire is dead.
Chapters 9–10: The men decide to catch and kill Dracula.
They know he is living in Carfax House in London. They
enter the house and find boxes full of earth. Suddenly, the
place fills with rats and the men run away. Renfield, the
madman, is attacked in his room. Before he dies, he talks
of having seen Dracula and that Mina might be involved
with him. They run quickly to Mina’s room and find her
in the arms of a man and she is drinking blood from his
chest.
They show him their crosses and the vampire disappears.
Mina is now worried that she will become a vampire and
Van Helsing consoles her.
Chapter 11: The men discover that Dracula is travelling
home to his castle on a ship. They take a train to Varna to
intercept the ship, without success. They split into three
groups and follow Dracula by ship, horse, and train. All
the time Mina is slowly turning into a vampire. Near the
castle they catch up with Dracula and have a fight with
the men who are transporting him in his box. The men
are chased away. Jonathan and Quincey Morris cut off
Dracula’s head just as he is waking up. Dracula’s body
completely disappears. At the same time, Mina recovers
her looks, and her soul is saved.
Background and themes
Superstitions, religion and modernity: This is a story
of good versus evil and of the changing world of old
superstitions to more modern ideas in Victorian England.
In the middle of this conflict is traditional religion. Count
Dracula represents a dark and evil force from a time long
ago. He has powers that most of the characters in the
book do not at first recognise. Doctor Seward naturally
assumes that Lucy’s illness must have a logical explanation
because he approaches everything from a modern
scientific point of view. However, Van Helsing, who is also
a scientist, is convinced that something more sinister is
happening to Lucy, and that medicine alone will not cure
it. By using a mixture of superstitions (the wooden stake
through the heart, the garlic, the cutting off of the head)
religious symbols (the cross, the holy bread, and the holy
book) and some modern aids (the guns, the trains, the
ships) the men are able to defeat the Count.
Genius and madness: A minor theme in the novel is
the suggestion that genius could be close to madness.
Van Helsing, the hero of the book and a professor, and
Renfield, a madman, are the only people in the book who
believe, from the start, in Dracula’s existence.
Discussion activities
Before reading
1 Discuss: Put the students in small groups and ask
them to look at the cover of the book. Ask them to
describe the castle. Then ask them to consider the
following questions: Who lives here? Would you like to
meet him? Would you like to spend a night in this castle?
Why/why not? Which country do you think it is in? How
old is it?
Chapters 1–2
While reading (p. 7 after ‘Dracula climbed out of the
window, and moved down the wall like some terrible
animal of the night.’)
2 Predict: One of Dracula’s powers is that he can
move like an animal. Tell the students that this is not
his only power. Put the students in groups of three
and ask them to predict what other powers he may
have that may be revealed in the book.
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3 Write: Tell the students to write a letter to Mina
from Jonathan. The letter should say how you arrived
at the castle, describe what the Count looks like and
what you think about the Count, and the experience
with the three women and how you felt.
Chapters 3–4
While reading (p. 16 after ‘the wounds on her neck
were growing larger.’)
4 Role play: Put the students into pairs. One is Lucy
and the other is Mina. Act out a conversation
between them. Mina wants to know what happened
in the garden and why Lucy is ill, and about the marks
on her neck. Lucy tries to explain.
After reading
5 Write and guess: Put students in pairs and ask them
to choose a short paragraph from Chapters 3–4. Tell
then to write it again, making five changes to words in
the text. Students then read out their paragraphs to
the other students, who have to identify the changes.
Chapters 5–6
Before reading
6 Pair work: Get students to look at the picture on
pages 18 and 19 and to describe it and say how
they think the person in it is feeling. Ask them the
following questions: Who is it? Where is he? What are
in the glass bottles in front of him? What does he use
them for?
After reading
7 Pair work: Write the following words on the board:
blood, garlic, windows and doors, knife, wolf, sharp teeth.
Ask the students talk and write in pairs to say how
these words were used in Chapters 5–6.
Chapters 7–8
While reading (p. 32, after ‘Come to me Arthur.’)
8 Write and act: Put the students in groups of three
and ask them to write a mini play about what is
happening in this part. Then the students act
out their play in front of the class, the students
playing the parts of Lucy, Van Helsing and Arthur.
Encourage the students to expand on the situation.
See discussion key for an example of an opening
scene.
After reading
9 Write, ask and answer: Write ‘Who placed the wood
over Lucy’s heart?’ on the board and elicit the answer
(Doctor Seward). Now tell students to write similar
questions about Chapters 7–8. Students then mingle
with each other, asking and answering each other’s
questions.
Chapters 9–10
While reading (p. 37, after ‘Rats!’)
10 Group work: The men ran out of the house because
they were afraid of the rats. Put students in small
groups and ask them to talk about animals that
frighten people, and what they do when they see
these animals. Extend the discussion to other things
that people are afraid of or have phobias to.
After reading
11 Write and guess: Write ‘Blood ran from a wound in
Dracula’s chest.’ on the board. Elicit which word is
wrong from the students (neck, not chest). Now
students choose a sentence from Chapters 9 and 10
and rewrite it changing one word. Students mingle,
reading out their sentences and the other students
have to identify and correct the mistake.
Chapter 11
Before reading
12 Predict: Write these words on the board: dreams,
ship, train, castle, circle, three women, knife, soul. In pairs
tell the students that these words all appear in the
last part of the story and get them to predict what
happens.
While reading (p. 48, after ‘They reached out their
arms, calling for Mina.’)
13 Role play: Put the students in groups of four. They
decide who is going to be Mina and who is going to
be the three women. Then tell them to role play a
conversation. The three women must give their
reasons why Mina should leave the circle, and Mina
should try and resist.
After reading
14 Research: Ask the students to research on the
Internet the films that have been made about
Dracula. The students then give an oral presentation
of the films. Remind them to include the following:
When it was made? Who were the actors? Was the
story the same as the book? You could extend the
research to all the films that feature a vampire, not
only Dracula.
15 Write: Tell the students that Dracula has decided
that he wants a flat mate and he is going to put an
advert in the local paper. Put the students in pairs and
ask them to write the advert. The advert should
describe his castle and himself, and what type of
person he is looking for. Tell the students the adverts
should be funny. They can read out their adverts and
the class can vote for the funniest.
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Chapters 1–2
1 Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?
a Mr Hawkins was Jonathan’s boss in the
law company. c
b There were books in English in Dracula’s
library. c
c Carfax House was in south London. c
d Dracula ate with Jonathan on the second
evening. c
e Jonathan cut himself on the face when
he was shaving. c
f Dracula wanted Jonathan to stay another
week. c
g Jonathan was amused when he saw
Dracula climbing down the wall. c
h The three women didn’t frighten
Jonathan. c
2 What’s first? Number the sentences, 1–6.
a c Jonathan told Dracula about Carfax
House.
b c Jonathan saw three beautiful women.
c c Dracula kicked a bag with a baby inside.
d c Jonathan arrived at Dracula’s castle.
e c Dracula threw Jonathan’s mirror out of
the window.
f c Jonathan showed Dracula a photograph
of Mina and Lucy.
Chapters 3–4
3 Put a word on the left with a word on the
right.
a rough thin
b empty nice
c unpleasant strong
d wide started
e finished smooth
f heavy light
g thick darker
h inside full
i paler narrow
j weak outside
4 Finish the sentences with the right names.
Renfield Jack Seward Jonathan Mina
Quincey Morris Lucy Dracula Van Helsing
a …………………… couldn’t find his suit or
his coat.
b …………………… had blood on his clothes.
c …………………… was a doctor in a
hospital for mad people.
d …………………… was an American
adventurer.
e …………………… received a letter that
worried her.
f …………………… had a wound on her
neck.
g …………………… escaped from the
hospital.
h …………………… knew a lot about strange
diseases.
Chapters 5– 6
5 Find the right words in Chapters 5– 6.
a It’s a plant that has a strong smell and people
cook with it. (p. 21) ………………
b A funny thing that you say to make people
laugh. (p. 21) ………………
c It’s a part of the body used to move blood.
(p. 21) ………………
d People read this. (p. 22) ………………
e It’s an animal. It’s similar to a dog. (p. 22)
………………
f People use these to dry themselves and they
take them to the beach. (p. 25)
………………
6 Answer the questions.
a Who gave Lucy his blood?
………………………………………………
b Why didn’t Van Helsing say anything to
Mrs Westenra?
………………………………………………
c What did Seward think was making the
sounds on the window?
………………………………………………
d Where did Renfield attack Seward?
………………………………………………
e What did Renfield attack Seward with?
………………………………………………
f What did Mrs Westenra have in her hand?
………………………………………………
g Why didn’t Van Helsing want to wake Lucy?
………………………………………………
h What did Van Helsing notice about Lucy’s
neck in the morning?
………………………………………………
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Chapters 7–8
7 Put the underlined letters in the right place to
make a word.
a Dr Seward thought that only a mdnaam
………………… could believe in vampires.
b There were tsckaat ………………… on
young children in London.
c Lucy wasn’t in her onifcf ………………… .
d Van Helsing put some bread in the hlykeoe
………………… of the door.
e The men saw the white shape in the
ngthlomoi ………………… .
f The vampire gave a terrible macrse
………………… when the wood entered
its heart.
8 Finish the sentences with the right words.
fill fresh hard pale golden brave
a Van Helsing knew it was ………… for
Dr Seward to understand.
b Lucy was not ………… like normal dead
bodies are.
c Van Helsing wanted to ………… Lucy’s
mouth with garlic.
d Van Helsing knew that the men had to be
very ………… .
e The men saw the …………-haired woman
moving towards the tomb.
f Lucy had ………… blood on her mouth.
Chapters 9–10
9 Write the names next to the person who says
or thinks this. Use each name twice.
Renfield Van Helsing Mina Seward
Jonathan
a ‘I’m sorry but you cannot come with us.’
………………………
b ‘One of my keys will open the door.’
………………………
c ‘I am already married.’ ………………………
d ‘I know that Seward wanted to marry Lucy.’
………………………
e ‘I have been ill for many weeks.’
………………………
f ‘I am very strong and I fought him.’
………………………
g ‘I thought I was dreaming.’
………………………
h ‘The vampire is not going to win.’
………………………
i ‘I know the names of the men with the
boxes.’ ………………………
j ‘I know that the boxes are in Carfax House.’
………………………
10 Put the words in the right order.
a Jonathan in married Budapest Mina were and.
…………………………………………….. .
b Van Helsing cross pocket a from took his.
…………………………………………….. .
c wanted men Mina with go to the.
…………………………………………….. .
d looked little Mina pale a unwell pale and.
…………………………………………….. .
e eyes Renfield Mina’s into looked.
…………………………………………….. .
f doctors floor on found The Renfield the.
…………………………………………….. .
g stopped men listened the and The at door.
…………………………………………….. .
h blood Mina’s was on nightdress there.
…………………………………………….. .
i Dracula teeth his white showed terrible sharp.
…………………………………………….. .
j Van Helsing cross towards held Dracula his out.
…………………………………………….. .
Chapter 11
11 Circle the right words.
a The men find all / all except one / none of the
boxes in Dracula’s house.
b The men waited two months / weeks / days at
Varna.
c Mina dreamed of a boat / carriage / box in the
train.
d Van Helsing drew a square / triangle / circle in
the ground.
e Van Helsing threw a piece of wood / a piece of
bread / a stone at the three women.
f Blood was coming from the side / neck / back
of Quincey.
12 Put a word or words on the left with a word
or words on the right.
a lose about something
b pay a your mind
c dream tired
d make with hope
e be filled lot of money
f get new plans
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1 Answer the questions.
a What building belonged to Carfax House?
b What did Dracula not want to see in his house?
c What did Jonathan see when he fell asleep in the
castle?
d What did Jonathan drop on Dracula’s head?
e Who did Lucy want to marry?
f Where did Renfield live?
g Who attacked the children in North London?
h What did the men find in Carfax House?
i Who killed Renfield?
j How did Dracula travel home to his castle?
2 Match the name of the people with the right
sentences.
a Van Helsing 1) removed the garlic flowers
from the bedroom.
b Jonathan
Harker
2) guarded Lucy when she
was ill.
c Doctor Seward 3) drank the blood of a small
child.
d Mina 4) wanted to eat rats.
e Lucy 5) pushed a knife into
Dracula’s heart.
f Dracula 6) worked for a law
company.
g Renfield 7) could change shape.
h Lucy’s mother 8) drank the blood of a child.
i Arthur
Holmwood
9) gave his girlfriend some of
his blood.
j Quincey Morris 10) used holy bread and
crosses to fight vampires.
3 Finish the sentences.
a Dracula did not eat with Jonathan because he
………………………………………………….. .
b Jonathan went into Dracula’s room to get
………………………………………………….. .
c Mina found Lucy in …………………………….. .
d The men killed Lucy when she was in her
………………………………………………….. .
e Dracula needed to rest during the ………………. .
f Jonathan knew Carfax was Dracula’s house because
he ………………………………………………. .
g The man who put the box on the ship paid
………………………………………………….. .
h No one saw the ship in Varna because there was
………………………………………………….. .
i Mina could not leave the circle because she was
………………………………………………….. .
j The women near the circle were the women who
drank …………………………………………… .
4 What’s first? Number the sentences, 1–10.
a c Mina drank Dracula’s blood.
b c Van Helsing and Seward cut off Lucy’s head.
c c Jonathan and Quincey killed Dracula.
d c Dracula gave a baby in a bag to three women.
e c Lucy died in the bedroom.
f c The men saw boxes in Carfax House.
g c Jonathan visited Dracula’s castle.
h c There were attacks on children in London.
i c Jonathan tried to kill Dracula in his castle.
j c The men followed Dracula to his castle.
5 Are these sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?
a Jonathan wanted the three women in the
castle to touch him. c
b Dracula was pleased that the three women
were with Jonathan. c
c Lucy wanted to marry Arthur Holmwood. c
d Van Helsing used holy water to fight the
vampires. c
e Lucy’s mother died in the living room. c
f Van Helsing put garlic in Lucy’s mouth. c
g Renfield attacked Van Helsing. c
h Renfield wanted to kill Mina. c
i Mina can read Dracula’s mind but he can’t
read hers. c
j Jonathan pushed a piece of wood into
Dracula’s heart. c
6 Finish the sentences with the right place.
Amsterdam Varna Transylvanian America
Carfax House Whitby Budapest Hillingdon
The Black Sea.
a Jonathan was travelling through the ………………
mountains.
b Mina and Lucy were on holiday in ……………… .
c Jonathan was in a hospital in ……………… .
d Van Helsing lived in ……………… .
e Lucy lived in ……………… .
f There was a church near ……………… .
g The ship carrying Dracula sailed from London to
……………… .
h The men and Mina caught a train to Paris and then
one to ……………… .
i Mina was very sad at the death of Quincey, a brave
man from ……………… .
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1 a bat, rat, wolf
b professor, servant
c coffin, tomb
2 Open answers
3 a silver cross b Wolves c children d mirror
e Mina f Three g angry h baby
4 a To help Dracula buy a house in England.
b Vampires
c To find blood.
d He wants first blood.
5 a pleased b excited/hungry c angry d angry
6 He has a pale, mysterious face. He has a well-shaped
nose, cold red eyes and a thin mouth with pointed
white teeth. He has hair on both sides of his hands.
His clothes are black.
7 He means that blood brings vampires.
8 a He is frightened.
b Open answers
9 a 1 b 4 c 7 d 9 e 2 f 5 g 8 h 3 i 6
10 a wrong b right c wrong d right e right
f wrong g wrong h wrong
11 They are all Dracula. The dog jumps off Dracula’s ship
in England; the bat and the black shape are around
Lucy at night.
12–13 Open answers
14 a attacked b dreaming c opened d drank
e cut
15 a Arthur Holmwood b Van Helsing
c Van Helsing d Lucy
16 He knows that Lucy will attack other people. She is a
vampire now.
17 Open answers
18 a 5 b 3 c 1 d 8 e 7 f 2 g 4 h 6
19 a holy book, a piece of wood
20 a yes b yes c no d yes e yes f no
21–23 Open answers
24 a Hungary b believes c four d twenty-nine
e rats f holy bread g interesting h drinks
25 a no b no c yes d yes
26 a Renfield is talking to Mina. He hopes that she
doesn’t become a vampire.
b Mina is talking about Dracula after Dracula has
visited her.
c Renfield is talking about Dracula. Dracula came to
attack him.
27–28 Open answers
29 bread, fire, circle
30 a except one
b by ship
c for signs of change
d around Mina
e to leave the circle
f until his head comes away from this body
31 Open answers
32 She lost all signs of being a vampire.
33–44 Open answers
Discussion activities key
1 old, dark, big, frightening, dangerous.
2 Dracula can read people minds, change shape into
anything he wants, he can affect the weather and he
can turn people into vampires.
3–5 Open answers
6 Renfield/in a hospital/insects/he eats them.
7 Arthur gave Lucy some of his blood. Renfield said
that ‘Blood is life’. Van Helsing put garlic flowers
in Lucy’s room. Mrs Westenra removed the garlic
flowers. Van Helsing wanted the windows and doors
shut. Lucy’s window was broken. Renfield attacked
Doctor Seward with a knife. Doctor Seward read
a newspaper story about an escaped wolf and he
dreamed about a wolf. Lucy’s teeth looked sharper
when she was ill.
8 Example scene:
Lucy: Arthur, I love you. Please come and kiss me.
Van Helsing: No! You must not do it Arthur. She is
an animal. She will bite you with her sharp teeth and
you’ll be a vampire.
Lucy: Don’t listen to that stupid, old man. I’m your
girlfriend, Lucy.
Arthur: She looks fine to me, Van Helsing. I can kiss
my own girlfriend, can’t I?
Van Helsing: No! I don’t want to have to fight two
vampires.
Lucy: Vampires! You must be crazy. Arthur …
9 Open answers
10 Suggested animals: snakes, spiders, wasps, mice, cats,
dogs.
Other phobias: water, closed spaces, open spaces,
flying.
11–13 Open answers
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14 Famous Dracula films: Dracula (1931) and Bram
Stoker’s Dracula (1992). There are many other films
which feature vampires, for example: Interview with a
Vampire, The Blade series, From Dusk to Dawn, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, Van Helsing.
15 Open answers
Activity worksheets key
1 a ✓ b ✓ c ✗ d ✗ e ✗ f ✗ g ✗ h ✓
2 a 2 b 5 c 6 d 1 e 3 f 4
3 a rough – smooth
b empty – full
c unpleasant – nice
d wide – narrow
e finished – started
f heavy – light
g thick – thin
h inside – outside
i paler – darker
j weak – strong
4 a Jonathan
b Dracula
c Jack Seward
d Quincey Morris
e Mina
f Lucy
g Renfield
h Van Helsing
5 a garlic
b a joke
c heart
d newspaper
e wolf
f towels
6 a Arthur Holmwood
b Because he knew about her weak heart.
c A tree
d In the doctor’s office
e A kitchen knife
f A ring of flowers
g Because she was so weak
h That the skin was smooth and unbroken and that
there weren’t any wounds.
7 a madman
b attacks
c coffin
d keyhole
e moonlight
f scream
8 a hard
b pale
c fill
d brave
e golden
f fresh
9 a Van Helsing
b Seward
c Mina
d Renfield
e Jonathan
f Renfield
g Mina
h Van Helsing
i Seward
j Jonathan
10 a Jonathan and Mina were married in Budapest.
b Van Helsing took a cross from his pocket.
c Mina wanted to go with the men.
d Mina looked a little pale and unwell.
e Renfield looked into Mina’s eyes.
f The doctors found Renfield on the floor.
g The men stopped and listened at the door.
h There was blood on Mina’s nightdress.
i Dracula showed his terrible, sharp white teeth.
j Van Helsing held his cross out towards Dracula.
11 a all except one
b weeks
c boat
d circle
e a piece of wood
f side
12 a lose – your mind
b pay a – lot of money
c dream – about something
d make – new plans
e be filled – with hope
f get – tired
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1 a A church
b Mirrors
c Three beautiful women
d A heavy stone
e Arthur Holmwood
f In a hospital
g Lucy
h Boxes full of earth
i Dracula
j In a boat and then a carriage
2 a 10 b 6 c 2 d 3 e 8 f 7 g 4 h 1 i 9
j 5
3 a had already eaten.
b a key.
c the garden.
d coffin/tomb.
e daylight hours.
f helped him to buy it.
g a lot of money.
h thick sea mist.
i half vampire.
j Jonathan’s blood.
4 a 8 b 6 c 10 d 2 e 4 f 7 g 1 h 5 i 3
j 9
5 a ✓ b ✗ c ✓ d ✗ e ✗ f ✓ g ✗ h ✗
i ✗ j ✗
6 a Transylvanian
b Whitby
c Budapest
d Amsterdam
e Hillingdon
f Carfax House
g The Black Sea
h Varna
i America
