DRACULA TEST LEVEL 3

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1 Tick the two correct sentences.

1 Jonathan Harker is a solicitor.
2 He travelled from London to Transylvania by train.
3 Count Dracula met Jonathan at the hotel.
4 Count Dracula wanted to buy a castle in England.

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2 Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.

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1 When Jonathan first woke up at the castle, he read a from the count.
It was on the breakfast table.
2 Jonathan wanted to write about the count in his .
3 Jonathan wanted to his face, but there were no mirrors in the house.
4 Jonathan had coming from the cut on his neck.
5 Jonathan could not leave the castle because he was a .
6 The count told Jonathan, “Do not sleep in any other rooms or you will have very bad
.”

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3 Complete the sentences. Choose one word for each gap.

1 a that b where c why 2 a At b In c On 3 a are b is c will

4 a of b out c to 5 a You b Your c Yours

Dear Mr Harker,
I am very happy 1
you are here in Transylvania. 2

three o’clock tomorrow afternoon, a carriage with two horses 3

come to the hotel.
It will bring you 4 my castle.
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friend,
Dracula

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4 Complete Jonathan’s diary entry for 19th May. Use the correct form of the verb
in brackets.
Today the count wanted me 1 (write) two more letters to Mr Hawkins and Mina.
In the first letter I 2
(have to) write: “My work here 3 (be)
finished, and I 4
(plan) to come home in a few days.” In the second I wrote:
“I 5
(leave) the castle yesterday, and tonight I 6 (stay)
in Bistritz.” These things are not true!
“Write the date of 19th June on the first,” he 7 (say), “and 29th June on the second.”
What can this 8 (mean)? It cannot be good. 9 (I die) before
these dates? I hope I 10
(find) a way to get out of this place.

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5 Correct the sentences. The bold words are incorrect.

1 Men got out and carried lots of big, long trees out of the carriages.

2 Jonathan climbed across the wall and came to an old carriage.

3 It was falling down and the roof was broken – it was new.

4 The big boxes were open and full of water.

5 Jonathan took a knife from the ground near the boxes and cut the count hard with it.

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6 Complete Jonathan’s diary entry for 30th June. Choose the correct words.

1 a can 2 a Yesterday 3 a a 4 a go
b can’t b Tomorrow b an b going
c may c Today c any c gone
d must d This weekend d some d went

These 1 (a b c d) be the last words in this diary. 2 (a b c d) was not a good day – 29th June was the
date I wrote on my last letter. Last evening the count said to me: “Today, my friend, we will say goodbye.
I must leave and go to do 3 (a b c d) important work early tomorrow. Then you will leave Dracula
Castle later in the day.” I was really frightened then! Was I 4 (a b c d) to die?

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7 Write T (true) or F (false).

1 Lucy went on holiday to Whitby.
2 Three men wanted to marry Lucy.
3 There was an American ship lost at sea.
4 Lucy woke in the night and walked to the beach.
5 She had blood on her neck in the morning.

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8 Circle the correct answer.

Where do the fifty wooden boxes arrive first in the UK?
a Carfax b King’s Cross Station c Purfleet d Whitby

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9 Tick the four strange things Jonathan Harker talks about when he is in hospital.

a tomb being a prisoner blood fire

murder a transfusion wild dogs wild horses

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10 Circle the correct answer.

Who gives blood to Lucy and why?
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a Arthur Seward because he is young and strong.

b Count Dracula because he wants Lucy to be a vampire too.
c Lucy’s mother because she is family.
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11 Complete the newspaper report from 27th September with the missing words.

There have been many attacks 3

the children’s
1
young children necks and some 4

this week in Hampstead Heath park. the children become very ill. These
The attacks always happen children are very frightened and talk of
2
night. a strange woman 5

Parents then find blood red eyes and sharp teeth.

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12 Whose diaries are these words from? Write V (Van Helsing), M (Mina) or J (Jonathan).
1 “So I must stay here and wait for them to come back.”
2 “I arrived home at 5 a.m. this morning and Mina was sleeping.”
3 “I believe she is slowly becoming vampire.”

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13 Match the two parts of the sentences. Draw a line between them.
1 More people may die a when we found the correct houses in Mile
End and Jamaica Lane.
2 If we find the boxes, b we saw him running away.
3 If we put garlic and crucifixes in all the boxes, c we had a terrible shock.
4 When we went upstairs to see Mina d we may find Dracula.
5 When we looked outside, e it will stop Dracula.
6 It was late at night f if we don’t act quickly to stop him.

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14 When Professor Van Helsing hypnotises Mina, she says: “I don’t know where I am.
It’s very dark . . . can’t see. I am moving up and down a little. I hear water . . . and
people walking on wood . . . above me.” Where does she think she is?

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15 Circle the correct answer.

Who arrived first from England to Count Dracula’s castle?
a Count Dracula
b Harker, Holmwood and Seward
c Mina
d Professor Van Helsing
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16 Circle the correct words in the diary entry from 28th October to complete
the sentences.

1 a already 2 a brought 3 a travel 4 a our 5 a he

b just b came b travels b ours b her
c still c took c travelled c us c him
d yet d went d travelling d we d his

Mina has slept a lot but she is 1 (a b c d) quite weak. This morning a note 2 (a b c d)
from London. The ship is going arrive to today but in a different place – Galatz – a day’s
3 (a b c d) from here! The count is clever and he has played a game with 4 (a b c d)! I think
he can “see” though Mina’s eyes, and he knows that we are here. Tomorrow we shall go by
train and follow 5 (a b c d).
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17 Match the words with the definitions. Draw a line between them.
1 vampire a with four wheels, people sit in it and horses pull it
2 captain b two lines crossing with Jesus Christ on it
3 crucifix c in stories, a dead person who drinks people’s blood
4 carriage d kings and queens live in this place
5 docks e the most important person on a ship
6 castle f ships come here after a journey

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18 Complete the diary entry from 17th August. Choose the correct words.

bat blood circles lock spade temperature transfusion weak

Lucy is not well and is becoming 1 . She also has a 2 .

I 3
the bedroom door at night but she still walks about the room while she is
sleeping.
One night, I saw her standing by the open window. There was a big, black 4
flying about near it. Lucy put her hand out. I think she wanted to touch it! How strange!
Then, yesterday, I saw two very small 5 on her neck. Did last week’s
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come from these?

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19 List the three things Professor Van Helsing needs to kill Lucy the vampire.

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20 What happened at the end of the story? Circle the one correct answer.
a Count Dracula killed everyone and escaped.
b Count Dracula didn’t die – he escaped.
c The men killed Dracula, and the three vampire women.
d The men killed Dracula, but not the three vampire women.

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