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Read the text and circle the correct alternative

Robert Louis Stevenson (is creating – created – creates) “Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde” one night (in – on – at) 1885. That night, he had a very bad
dream. When he woke up, he wrote the novel.

(His – your – her) wife didn´t (likes – like – liked) the first version, (but –
because – so) he threw it into the fire. He rewrote the book in three days.

(It´s – there are- they´re) different characters in the story. Dr. Henry Jekyll
is the principal character. He´s (the – a – xxx) respected doctor. He (has
got – is – can) a lot of money. (It´s – there´s – there are) a laboratory in
the house, and he is (working – work – works) there.

There are different characters in the story. Mr. Utterson, for example, is
the narrator. He´s ( Jekyll´s friend – Jekyll friend – friend´s Jekyll).
Richard Enfield is another important character. He (doesn´t – isn´t – can
´t) appear in all the scenes, but he´s essential.

I ( tell – am telling – am going to tell) you part of the story. It´s very
interesting. Do you want (listen – listening – to listen) to it? OK, then.
(Not – Don´t – Aren´t) stand up! Sit comfortable and get ready.

Read

This is what Mr. Utterson says:

“One night, Richard Enfield saw a young girl. She wanted to get a doctor
because her mother was ill. There was a short, deformed man behind her.
He stole the girl´s money. My cousin Richard Enfield saw him and stopped
him, but he did not take him to the police. He said “You must give me the
girl´s money.” The strange small man disappeared into a mysterious door
and came back with a check. The check had Dr. Jekyll´s name and
signature, and it was original. Did the mysterious man know Dr. Jekyll?

Richard found that the mysterious door was connected with Dr. Jekyll´s
house. He investigated and found a document which said “When I´m
dead, Mr. Hyde gets all my possessions. In case of disappearance, Mr.
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Hyde gets all my possessions too.” There was a name at the bottom of the
page, and it said Henry Jekyll. That was strange. Who was this man? Why
did Dr. Jekyll protect him?

One year later, Hyde killed a man called Danvers. With Richard´s help, the
police found Hyde´s apartment, but they didn´t find him. I decided to talk
to Dr. Jekyll because I was sure he knew something. Jekyll told me that
Hyde was a kind of assistant, not a very good friend. He also told me that
Hyde was not in his house. He showed me a goodbye note from Hyde. I
read the note, and I was shocked! The handwriting was Dr. Jekyll´s. That
was very strange. Finally, Richard discovered that Hyde and Dr. Jekyll
were really the same person, and Dr. Jekyll commited suicide.

ARE THESE TRUE? CIRCLE YOUR ANSWER

1. The girl was ill. YES NO

2. The deformed man wanted to kill the girl YES NO
3. Dr. Jekyll wrote the document YES NO
4. Danvers died because he was ill YES NO
5. Richard was a policeman YES NO
6. Hyde had an apartment YES NO
7. He was at home when the police went to his home YES NO
8. Utterson wrote the goodbye note YES NO
9. Her, line 2, refers to the mother YES NO
10.He, line 6, refers to D. Jekyll YES
NO

Mr. Hyde is a famous monster. Let´s read about his creator.

Robert Stevenson was a writer. He was born in 1850. When he was a boy,
he was unhealthy. He was always at home with his father and his mother.
He had no brothers or sisters. He had a nurse at home called Alison.
Alison told Robert macabre stories, and he loved them. She also read the
Bible to him. When he started university, he learned about writing.
Before he was 21, he wrote a lot of articles. But he wasn´t a very good
student. He became a lawyer, but didn´t work as a lawyer.
He wrote novels of adventure, fiction and travel books and some scientific
pieces with a lot of technical detail. He had a great power of invention
and used horror and supernatural elements.

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In 1879 he went to New York. From there he went to California and then
to San Francisco. There he married an American woman called Fanny.
Fanny and Robert went to Britain in 1880 and he never stopped writing.
He died on December 3rd, 1894 in Samoa.

Read now about the monster

Mr. Hyde´s name is Edward. There isn´t a full description of him in the
novel, but here´s what we know. He´s a deformed young man. He´s very
short and small. He´s pale. He doesn´t have a job. He´s Dr. Jekyll´s friend.
People don´t like him. He´s really horrible. He´s similar to an animal, but
we don´t know which animal. But he´s nice, educated person, especially
to Utterson and Lanyon, two of Dr. Jekyll´s friends.

TICK OFF THE INFORMATION YOU GET ABOUT ROBERT STEVENSON.

Place of birth Names of stories

Year of birth Types of stories
Family Wife´s name
Friends Number of children
School Place of death
Profession Date of death

INFORMATION ABOUT MR. HYDE

TICK OFF TRUE or FALSE
TRUE FALSE
Edward and Mr. Hyde are the same X
person
There is a lot of information about him X
in the novel
He has a physical problem X
He´s a doctor X
He´s really an animal X
He´s educated X
He´s bad to Utterson and Lanyon X

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Utterson and Lanyon are Mr. Hyde´s X
brothers