Dracula chapters 6-13
anwer all questions, you can skip 6

21. what sort of omen does mr. swales give us when he apologetically approaches mina at the end of chapter 6 and talks about the wind?
22. after the mysterious ship the demeter finally washes to shore during the terrible storm, who are the only two beings that are seen by the anxious crowd? what has happened to the rest of the crew?
23. unaware of a vampire, how does mina think lucy got the two tiny holes in her neck when they are together the next morning after mina searched for the sleepwalking lucy?
24. according to mina in her august 18th journal entry, how has lucy described what happened to her on the night she sleepwalked to the tombstone seat where mina found her and shook her awake?
25. how has renfield’s attitude changed towards dr. seward and also towards his “pets” (the spiders)?
26. who do dr. seward and his staff believe renfield is talking to (or about) when he refers to “the master”? why might this make him even more dangerous than if he were only a homicidal maniac?
27. when renfield escapes, he only goes as far as the carfax estate next door, where seward then overhears him talking to his “master.” who owns carfax now? who is renfield probably really talking to at carfax?
28. according to mina, how is jonathan different now than when she last saw him months ago?
29. what does mina do with jonathan’s journal as a symbol of her trust in him?
30. from dr. seward’s long description of dr. van helsing, how do you think seward feels about him? why has he chosen van helsing in particular to come him diagnose lucy?
31. why might van helsing not want to say much yet about what he suspects is wrong with lucy?
32. when van helsing wakes dr. seward on the tenth of september, how has lucy’s appearance suddenly changed from the night before when she had recovered from her successful blood transfusion?
33. what does van helsing receive in a package from haarlem, and what does he do with it?
34. how did lucy’s mother accidentally put lucy in further danger during the night while the two doctors had gone away?
35. where do we know the count has been according to the newspaper interview with mr. thomas bilder? what was he visiting there?
36. back (or look again) on the telegram van helsing sent to dr. seward on september 17 (chapter 11). the way it was incompletely addressed caused it to be delivered twenty-two hours late. what problem has this caused on the morning of the eighteenth for seward and van helsing? how might the events of that night have been different if van helsing’s telegram had not arrived late?
37. describe the difference between lucy’s behavior whenever she falls asleep and whenever she wakes up. (for example, what does she do with the garlic flowers? why? )
38. which characters does lucy remind us of when she suddenly wakes for the last time and tries to kiss arthur?
39. what does van helsing tell dr. seward that he wants to do to lucy’s corpse without anyone else knowing? why does seward object to doing it?
40. why must van helsing ask arthur’s permission to read his fiancee lucy’s letters now that she is dead?
41. what does jonathan see while walking in town with mina after mr. hawkins’ funeral that causes him to have a minor panic attack?
42. who do you think is the “bloofer lady” that is luring the children of hampstead heath away? (note - “bloofer” is thought to be the way those children mispronounce the word “beautiful” in their childish and lower-class dialect.)