Dracula, Guided Reading Short Reads Comprehension Check

Jonathan Harker is in Transylvania because

• He's on vacation

• His employer sent him to the Count

• He wants to buy a castle

• He is afraid of the plague in London and wanted to get away.

Harker discovered a lot of books in English and they were because

• The count wanted to speak like an Englishman.

• The count could not read Transylvanian.

• The count inherited them from his mother.

• The best publishers were the English ones.

Dracula describes his family as being an ______ family.

• Bookish

• Travelling

• Old

• Complex

When Jonahan says, "There is something strange about this place that I cannot help but feel uneasy." Jonathan means

• He is anxious and knows something is off.

• He misses his fiance.

• He is afraid the count will not pay him.

• He is becoming sick with a cold.

The term, crucifix, means

(hint, it was on Jonathan's neck)

• A necklace with an eye on it.

• A star symbol.

• A cross

• A tattoo

When the text italicized the phrase, "But I could not see him in the mirror." The publisher does this for

• a definition of

• A distraction

• To show Jonathan is okay with this.

• To emphasize the importance of the discovery.

When Dracula says that the mirror is a "Foul sign of man's vanity" and breaks the mirror, the word, foul, means

• beautiful

• complex

• ugly

• sad

When Jonathan says, "This thought gave me a fright" he means

• He was glad again.

• He was becoming sad.

• He was surprised.

• He was afraid.

Jonathan believes the castle, which is locked everywhere, is a

• prison

• Luxury hotel

• Heaven

• maze of rooms

Which is NOT a strange thing about Dracula?

• He has no reflection.

• He is attracted to blood from cuts.

• He climbs down walls.

• He does not eat.

• He is afraid of cats.