STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR DRACULA
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1
1. When the novel opens, where is Jonathan Harker traveling to?
2. When the novel opens, where is Jonathan Harker traveling from?
3. Which characters are the first to express concern about Harker's journey?
4. How is St. George's Day first described in the novel?
5. What gift of protection is Harker given during his initial voyage to conduct business for Count Dracula?
6. How does Stoker convey the events of what happens in Chapter 1?
7. In what year was "Dracula" written?
8. Where does Count Dracula live?
9. What is the state of Count Dracula's home at first glance?
10. What kind of animals surrounds Harker's coach when he is being taken to meet Count Dracula for the first time?
11. What strange sight does Harker see along the side of the road as he is being taken to first meet Count Dracula?
12. Which word could best be used to describe the tone of Chapter 1?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 2
1. Where does Dracula's name come from?
2. What is Harker's first impression of Count Dracula?
3. What does Dracula do once Harker finally arrives?
4. Who is Mr. Hawkins?
5. What has Mr. Hawkins asked Dracula to deliver to Harker on his behalf?
6. How does Harker describe Dracula's physical appearance during his initial visit to meet him?
7. How does Harker react to Dracula's physical touch?
8. What country does Dracula tell Harker he is planning to move to during Harker's first visit to his home?
9. Why does Harker find it difficult to shave in Dracula's home while he is first visiting?
10. When Dracula and Harker first stay up all night talking, what causes Dracula to abruptly end the conversation?
11. What causes Dracula to go into a "demonic fury" while he is watching Harker shave during Harker's first visit to Dracula's home?
12. What makes Harker realize he is Dracula's prisoner at the end of Chapter 2?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 3
1. How does Harker deal with realizing he is being held captive by Dracula?
2. After Harker realizes he is being held captive at Dracula's home, what country's history does the Count stay up late talking to Harker about?
3. During their late night chats when Harker is being held hostage, what country's laws does Count Dracula seem particularly interested in?
4. To whom does Dracula request Harker write a letter to during his captivity?
5. What does Dracula force Harker to say in the letter he must write during his captivity?
6. What does Harker include in the letter he is forced to write while a captive of Dracula's?
7. Who is Mina?
8. What does Harker do when he realizes the Count is away from his home during Harker's captivity?
9. What kind of strange room does Harker find in Dracula's home that he later takes a nap in?
10. Who awakens Harker from his nap when the Count is supposedly away from his home?
11. What almost happens to Harker after he is awoken from his nap in Dracula's home when he is being held prisoner?
12. What happens to Harker at the end of Chapter 3, when he sees a remarkable scene between Dracula and some of his "guests"?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 4
1. During Harker's captivity in Dracula's home, what two items does he toss out of a window (for the gypsies)?
2. Who reveals to Dracula that Harker has tried to communicate with people outside of Dracula's home?
3. How does Harker attempt his first escape from Dracula's home?
4. During Harker's first escape attempt from Dracula's house, what does he find inside fifty great boxes?
5. What items does Harker use the first time he tries to kill Dracula?
6. How is Dracula carried out of the castle after Harker attempts to kill him the first time?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 5
1. Who is Lucy?
2. What are Lucy and Mina writing letters about before Harker returns to town?
3. What does Mina hope will assist Harker once he returns home?
4. Who proposes marriage to Lucy?
5. Whose marriage proposal does Lucy accept?
6. What does Dr. John Seward do?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 6
1. Where does Lucy live when Mina goes to visit her?
2. What frequent activity do Lucy and Mind engage in during Mina's visit?
3. When Mina is visiting Lucy, why does Mina become increasingly anxious about Harker?
4. What living things does Renfield eat?
5. What is the source of Seward's depression?
6. What strange ship does Mina see entering the harbor while she is visiting Lucy?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 7
1. What major weather event occurs while Mina is visiting Lucy?
2. What is expected to happen to the Russian ship that is out at sea when a major weather event occurs?
3. What animal comes off of the Russian ship?
4. What cargo is the Russian ship carrying?
5. What activity does Lucy begin to do at night during Mina's visit?
6. After what event does Mr. Swales die?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 8
1. When Mina finds Lucy in the middle of the night, where is she?
2. What features does the figure hovering over Lucy have when she is out sleepwalking?
3. What change does Mina notice about Lucy after her sleepwalking episode?
4. What does Mina do to keep Lucy from sleepwalking again?
5. What happens to Lucy's health after her encounter with the stranger during a sleepwalking episode?
6. Who does Renfield keep claiming to speak to during his escape from the asylum?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 9
1. When do Mina and Harker get married?
2. Why does Mina go to Budapest?
3. When does Lucy plan to marry Holmwood?
4. What kind of feeling is overwhelming Lucy while Mina is in Budapest?
5. What is the status of Lucy's mother's health while Mina is in Budapest?
6. What is the status of Holmwood's father's health while Mina is in Budapest?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 10
1. How does Lucy look when Professor Van Helsing arrives to examine her after she has been bitten?
2. What does Professor Van Helsing decide must be done as a treatment for Lucy?
3. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's first medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
4. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's second medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
5. What item does Van Helsing place around Lucy's room?
6. What does Van Helsing place around Lucy's neck during and after her treatment?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 11
1. Who removes important items from Lucy's room?
2. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's third medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
3. What animal has reportedly escaped from a local zoo?
4. Who attacks Seward with a knife during Lucy's illness?
5. What happens to the urgent telegram that Van Helsing sends to Seward?
6. What does Van Helsing's telegram to Seward say?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 12
1. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's fourth medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
2. What body part changes in Lucy that causes Van Helsing and Seward to become increasingly disturbed about their patient?
3. Where are Harker and Mina living when they return from Budapest?
4. What happens to Mr. Hawkins shortly after Harker and Mina return from abroad?
5. Who comes to see Lucy right before she dies?
6. Who is forbidden to kiss Lucy right before she dies?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 13
1. How does Van Helsing feel about Lucy's death?
2. What does Van Helsing ask from Seward after Lucy's death?
3. What happens to Holmwood's father?
4. Who is Lord Godalming?
5. When Holmwood looks at Lucy after she dies, what does he notice?
6. Who does Harker think he sees on the streets of London?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 14
1. When does Mina end up reading Harker's diary?
2. Who reads all of Lucy's diary and letters in an attempt to understand her situation?
3. Why does Van Helsing want Mina to visit after Lucy's death?
4. What kind of information does Harker agree to provide for Van Helsing after Lucy's death?
5. How does Mina react to Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journal?
6. How does Harker react to Van Helsing's assessment of his journals?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 15
1. Why does Seward want to spend the night in Lucy's tomb?
2. Where do Van Helsing and Seward stop before heading to Lucy's tomb?
3. How does Van Helsing open Lucy's tomb?
4. What do Van Helsing and Seward discover in Lucy's tomb the first time they visit it?
5. Where do Seward and Van Helsing hide on the first night they visit Lucy's tomb?
6. How does Seward explain Lucy's lack of decomposition to Van Helsing?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 16
1. When Seward, Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Morris go to Lucy's tomb, what do they find inside her coffin?
2. What does Van Helsing use to make putty while visiting Lucy's tomb?
3. What does Van Helsing use the putty he makes for?
4. When Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris finally encounter Lucy near her tomb, what does she have with her?
5. What does Lucy do with what she has with her when she meets Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris near her tomb?
6. What does Stoker say the vampire Lucy look like?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 17
1. In what form is Seward's diary recorded?
2. What does Mina do with Seward's diary entries?
3. What big project are Seward and Mina working on?
4. Where do Harker and Mina stay while they are working with Seward in the asylum?
5. What does Harker begin researching during his stay with Harker?
6. What does Holmwood offer Mina as thanks for her comfort during his grieving process?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 18
1. What is Renfield and Mina's initial conversation like?
2. What is Renfield's opinion of Mina?
3. What is the name of the name of the house Dracula purchased for his London residency?
4. What about Renfield amazes Holmwood and Morris the first time they meet him?
5. What do Holmwood and Morris think about Renfield after they meet him?
6. Why does Seward deny Renfield's request after Holmwood and Morris have visited him?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 19
1. What is the first thing the vampire-hunting team notices when they enter the chapel while searching for the wooden boxes?
2. How many of the wooden boxes does the vampire-hunting team find when they enter the chapel?
3. What creature begins to fill the chapel when the vampire-hunting team enters, looking for the wooden boxes?
4. How does the vampire-hunting team manage to clear the chapel of the animals that have suddenly appeared?
5. What condition is Mina in when the vampire-hunting team returns from their journey to the chapel (to hunt for the wooden boxes)?
6. What strange phenomenon came into Mina's room while the vampire-hunters were out on their first mission?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 20
1. Who leads the charge to find the missing wooden boxes?
2. Where does the group finally learn the missing wooden boxes are located?
3. How does Seward react to Renfield's constantly changing moods and behaviors?
4. What does Seward conclude Renfield has a sense of assurance about, despite his wildly different moods and behaviors?
5. What does Seward take Renfield's sense of self-assurance to mean?
6. What urgent message does an attendant bring to Seward after he speaks to Renfield about Renfield's changing moods?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 21
1. What kind of injuries does Renfield have when Seward, Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Morris find him in the asylum?
2. What does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team, despite his injuries?
3. Despite his injuries, what does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team about Mina?
4. What does Van Helsing flash at the Count to make him disappear while he is with Mina and Harker?
5. What prized possession did Dracula destroy when he visited Seward's office?
6. What happens to Renfield as a result of his injuries?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 22
1. Why does the group decide that Mina must once more be privy to the plans to destroy Dracula?
2. What does the group fear will happen to Mina if she dies before Dracula is killed?
3. After Mina is attacked, what is the vampire-hunting team's new plan?
4. How does Holmwood plan to gain entry to Dracula's Piccadilly house?
5. What physical changes does Harker notice about Mina after she has been bitten?
6. How many of the wooden boxes does the vampire-hunting team locate during their mission after Mina is attacked?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 23
1. What does the telegram from Mina (to the vampire-hunting team) say about Dracula?
2. Which word can best be used to describe Dracula's appearance in front of Mina, Harker, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris?
3. With what object does Harker try to attack Dracula with when he appears after they have tried to destroy all of the wooden boxes?
4. What object does Dracula flee with after attacking the vampire-hunting team?
5. How does Mina think Van Helsing can exploit her psychic connection to Dracula?
6. When does Mina's psychic connection to Dracula lessen?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 24
1. What route does the team decide Dracula will take back to his home?
2. What is the name of the ship on which Dracula supposedly made his escape?
3. Where does the team hope to intercept Dracula?
4. What physical change about Mina worries Van Helsing?
5. After Dracula's ship departs, why does the team decide to keep Mina out of the loop about their plans?
6. Which character does Mina bite before the team is preparing to depart to meet Dracula's coffin when it departs the ship?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 25
1. How does the team travel en route to meet the ship Dracula is on once he has left London?
2. By how many days does the team plan to precede the arrival of Dracula's ship?
3. What does Mina reveal under hypnosis about the whereabouts of Dracula's ship?
4. What about Mina causes Van Helsing to be concerned while they are waiting for Dracula's ship to arrive?
5. What official -- and despairing -- news does the team learn about the arrival of Dracula's ship?
6. Who does Van Helsing blame for the error in the team's plans to meet Dracula's ship?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 26
1. Where does the group head after they realize they will not meet Dracula's ship where they first planned to?
2. What does the team learn once they arrive at their new destination?
3. What happened to the agent who took over Dracula's box?
4. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Holmwood and Seward plan to catch him?
5. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Harker and Morris plan to catch him?
6. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Mina and Van Helsing plan to catch him?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 27
1. What happens to Mina physically during her journey with Van Helsing in the final chapter?
2. What protects Mina and Van Helsing from the three vampire women who try to attack them one night?
3. What group of people does Harker and Holmwood see transporting Dracula's coffin to his castle?
4. Who ultimately destroys the three vampire women?
5. Which vampire-hunting team member receives a mortal wound during a fight in the final chapter of the novel?
6. Who later returns to visit Transylvania?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1
1. When the novel opens, where is Jonathan Harker traveling to?
2. When the novel opens, where is Jonathan Harker traveling from?
3. Which characters are the first to express concern about Harker's journey?
4. How is St. George's Day first described in the novel?
5. What gift of protection is Harker given during his initial voyage to conduct business for Count Dracula?
6. How does Stoker convey the events of what happens in Chapter 1?
7. In what year was "Dracula" written?
8. Where does Count Dracula live?
9. What is the state of Count Dracula's home at first glance?
10. What kind of animals surrounds Harker's coach when he is being taken to meet Count Dracula for the first time?
11. What strange sight does Harker see along the side of the road as he is being taken to first meet Count Dracula?
12. Which word could best be used to describe the tone of Chapter 1?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 2
1. Where does Dracula's name come from?
2. What is Harker's first impression of Count Dracula?
3. What does Dracula do once Harker finally arrives?
4. Who is Mr. Hawkins?
5. What has Mr. Hawkins asked Dracula to deliver to Harker on his behalf?
6. How does Harker describe Dracula's physical appearance during his initial visit to meet him?
7. How does Harker react to Dracula's physical touch?
8. What country does Dracula tell Harker he is planning to move to during Harker's first visit to his home?
9. Why does Harker find it difficult to shave in Dracula's home while he is first visiting?
10. When Dracula and Harker first stay up all night talking, what causes Dracula to abruptly end the conversation?
11. What causes Dracula to go into a "demonic fury" while he is watching Harker shave during Harker's first visit to Dracula's home?
12. What makes Harker realize he is Dracula's prisoner at the end of Chapter 2?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 3
1. How does Harker deal with realizing he is being held captive by Dracula?
2. After Harker realizes he is being held captive at Dracula's home, what country's history does the Count stay up late talking to Harker about?
3. During their late night chats when Harker is being held hostage, what country's laws does Count Dracula seem particularly interested in?
4. To whom does Dracula request Harker write a letter to during his captivity?
5. What does Dracula force Harker to say in the letter he must write during his captivity?
6. What does Harker include in the letter he is forced to write while a captive of Dracula's?
7. Who is Mina?
8. What does Harker do when he realizes the Count is away from his home during Harker's captivity?
9. What kind of strange room does Harker find in Dracula's home that he later takes a nap in?
10. Who awakens Harker from his nap when the Count is supposedly away from his home?
11. What almost happens to Harker after he is awoken from his nap in Dracula's home when he is being held prisoner?
12. What happens to Harker at the end of Chapter 3, when he sees a remarkable scene between Dracula and some of his "guests"?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 4
1. During Harker's captivity in Dracula's home, what two items does he toss out of a window (for the gypsies)?
2. Who reveals to Dracula that Harker has tried to communicate with people outside of Dracula's home?
3. How does Harker attempt his first escape from Dracula's home?
4. During Harker's first escape attempt from Dracula's house, what does he find inside fifty great boxes?
5. What items does Harker use the first time he tries to kill Dracula?
6. How is Dracula carried out of the castle after Harker attempts to kill him the first time?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 5
1. Who is Lucy?
2. What are Lucy and Mina writing letters about before Harker returns to town?
3. What does Mina hope will assist Harker once he returns home?
4. Who proposes marriage to Lucy?
5. Whose marriage proposal does Lucy accept?
6. What does Dr. John Seward do?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 6
1. Where does Lucy live when Mina goes to visit her?
2. What frequent activity do Lucy and Mind engage in during Mina's visit?
3. When Mina is visiting Lucy, why does Mina become increasingly anxious about Harker?
4. What living things does Renfield eat?
5. What is the source of Seward's depression?
6. What strange ship does Mina see entering the harbor while she is visiting Lucy?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 7
1. What major weather event occurs while Mina is visiting Lucy?
2. What is expected to happen to the Russian ship that is out at sea when a major weather event occurs?
3. What animal comes off of the Russian ship?
4. What cargo is the Russian ship carrying?
5. What activity does Lucy begin to do at night during Mina's visit?
6. After what event does Mr. Swales die?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 8
1. When Mina finds Lucy in the middle of the night, where is she?
2. What features does the figure hovering over Lucy have when she is out sleepwalking?
3. What change does Mina notice about Lucy after her sleepwalking episode?
4. What does Mina do to keep Lucy from sleepwalking again?
5. What happens to Lucy's health after her encounter with the stranger during a sleepwalking episode?
6. Who does Renfield keep claiming to speak to during his escape from the asylum?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 9
1. When do Mina and Harker get married?
2. Why does Mina go to Budapest?
3. When does Lucy plan to marry Holmwood?
4. What kind of feeling is overwhelming Lucy while Mina is in Budapest?
5. What is the status of Lucy's mother's health while Mina is in Budapest?
6. What is the status of Holmwood's father's health while Mina is in Budapest?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 10
1. How does Lucy look when Professor Van Helsing arrives to examine her after she has been bitten?
2. What does Professor Van Helsing decide must be done as a treatment for Lucy?
3. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's first medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
4. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's second medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
5. What item does Van Helsing place around Lucy's room?
6. What does Van Helsing place around Lucy's neck during and after her treatment?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 11
1. Who removes important items from Lucy's room?
2. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's third medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
3. What animal has reportedly escaped from a local zoo?
4. Who attacks Seward with a knife during Lucy's illness?
5. What happens to the urgent telegram that Van Helsing sends to Seward?
6. What does Van Helsing's telegram to Seward say?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 12
1. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's fourth medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?
2. What body part changes in Lucy that causes Van Helsing and Seward to become increasingly disturbed about their patient?
3. Where are Harker and Mina living when they return from Budapest?
4. What happens to Mr. Hawkins shortly after Harker and Mina return from abroad?
5. Who comes to see Lucy right before she dies?
6. Who is forbidden to kiss Lucy right before she dies?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 13
1. How does Van Helsing feel about Lucy's death?
2. What does Van Helsing ask from Seward after Lucy's death?
3. What happens to Holmwood's father?
4. Who is Lord Godalming?
5. When Holmwood looks at Lucy after she dies, what does he notice?
6. Who does Harker think he sees on the streets of London?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 14
1. When does Mina end up reading Harker's diary?
2. Who reads all of Lucy's diary and letters in an attempt to understand her situation?
3. Why does Van Helsing want Mina to visit after Lucy's death?
4. What kind of information does Harker agree to provide for Van Helsing after Lucy's death?
5. How does Mina react to Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journal?
6. How does Harker react to Van Helsing's assessment of his journals?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 15
1. Why does Seward want to spend the night in Lucy's tomb?
2. Where do Van Helsing and Seward stop before heading to Lucy's tomb?
3. How does Van Helsing open Lucy's tomb?
4. What do Van Helsing and Seward discover in Lucy's tomb the first time they visit it?
5. Where do Seward and Van Helsing hide on the first night they visit Lucy's tomb?
6. How does Seward explain Lucy's lack of decomposition to Van Helsing?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 16
1. When Seward, Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Morris go to Lucy's tomb, what do they find inside her coffin?
2. What does Van Helsing use to make putty while visiting Lucy's tomb?
3. What does Van Helsing use the putty he makes for?
4. When Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris finally encounter Lucy near her tomb, what does she have with her?
5. What does Lucy do with what she has with her when she meets Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris near her tomb?
6. What does Stoker say the vampire Lucy look like?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 17
1. In what form is Seward's diary recorded?
2. What does Mina do with Seward's diary entries?
3. What big project are Seward and Mina working on?
4. Where do Harker and Mina stay while they are working with Seward in the asylum?
5. What does Harker begin researching during his stay with Harker?
6. What does Holmwood offer Mina as thanks for her comfort during his grieving process?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 18
1. What is Renfield and Mina's initial conversation like?
2. What is Renfield's opinion of Mina?
3. What is the name of the name of the house Dracula purchased for his London residency?
4. What about Renfield amazes Holmwood and Morris the first time they meet him?
5. What do Holmwood and Morris think about Renfield after they meet him?
6. Why does Seward deny Renfield's request after Holmwood and Morris have visited him?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 19
1. What is the first thing the vampire-hunting team notices when they enter the chapel while searching for the wooden boxes?
2. How many of the wooden boxes does the vampire-hunting team find when they enter the chapel?
3. What creature begins to fill the chapel when the vampire-hunting team enters, looking for the wooden boxes?
4. How does the vampire-hunting team manage to clear the chapel of the animals that have suddenly appeared?
5. What condition is Mina in when the vampire-hunting team returns from their journey to the chapel (to hunt for the wooden boxes)?
6. What strange phenomenon came into Mina's room while the vampire-hunters were out on their first mission?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 20
1. Who leads the charge to find the missing wooden boxes?
2. Where does the group finally learn the missing wooden boxes are located?
3. How does Seward react to Renfield's constantly changing moods and behaviors?
4. What does Seward conclude Renfield has a sense of assurance about, despite his wildly different moods and behaviors?
5. What does Seward take Renfield's sense of self-assurance to mean?
6. What urgent message does an attendant bring to Seward after he speaks to Renfield about Renfield's changing moods?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 21
1. What kind of injuries does Renfield have when Seward, Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Morris find him in the asylum?
2. What does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team, despite his injuries?
3. Despite his injuries, what does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team about Mina?
4. What does Van Helsing flash at the Count to make him disappear while he is with Mina and Harker?
5. What prized possession did Dracula destroy when he visited Seward's office?
6. What happens to Renfield as a result of his injuries?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 22
1. Why does the group decide that Mina must once more be privy to the plans to destroy Dracula?
2. What does the group fear will happen to Mina if she dies before Dracula is killed?
3. After Mina is attacked, what is the vampire-hunting team's new plan?
4. How does Holmwood plan to gain entry to Dracula's Piccadilly house?
5. What physical changes does Harker notice about Mina after she has been bitten?
6. How many of the wooden boxes does the vampire-hunting team locate during their mission after Mina is attacked?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 23
1. What does the telegram from Mina (to the vampire-hunting team) say about Dracula?
2. Which word can best be used to describe Dracula's appearance in front of Mina, Harker, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris?
3. With what object does Harker try to attack Dracula with when he appears after they have tried to destroy all of the wooden boxes?
4. What object does Dracula flee with after attacking the vampire-hunting team?
5. How does Mina think Van Helsing can exploit her psychic connection to Dracula?
6. When does Mina's psychic connection to Dracula lessen?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 24
1. What route does the team decide Dracula will take back to his home?
2. What is the name of the ship on which Dracula supposedly made his escape?
3. Where does the team hope to intercept Dracula?
4. What physical change about Mina worries Van Helsing?
5. After Dracula's ship departs, why does the team decide to keep Mina out of the loop about their plans?
6. Which character does Mina bite before the team is preparing to depart to meet Dracula's coffin when it departs the ship?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 25
1. How does the team travel en route to meet the ship Dracula is on once he has left London?
2. By how many days does the team plan to precede the arrival of Dracula's ship?
3. What does Mina reveal under hypnosis about the whereabouts of Dracula's ship?
4. What about Mina causes Van Helsing to be concerned while they are waiting for Dracula's ship to arrive?
5. What official -- and despairing -- news does the team learn about the arrival of Dracula's ship?
6. Who does Van Helsing blame for the error in the team's plans to meet Dracula's ship?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 26
1. Where does the group head after they realize they will not meet Dracula's ship where they first planned to?
2. What does the team learn once they arrive at their new destination?
3. What happened to the agent who took over Dracula's box?
4. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Holmwood and Seward plan to catch him?
5. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Harker and Morris plan to catch him?
6. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Mina and Van Helsing plan to catch him?
Short Answer Questions - Chapter 27
1. What happens to Mina physically during her journey with Van Helsing in the final chapter?
2. What protects Mina and Van Helsing from the three vampire women who try to attack them one night?
3. What group of people does Harker and Holmwood see transporting Dracula's coffin to his castle?
4. Who ultimately destroys the three vampire women?
5. Which vampire-hunting team member receives a mortal wound during a fight in the final chapter of the novel?
6. Who later returns to visit Transylvania?