Lesson Support for Chapter 3

First Read
Grade 9, Unit 1—Chapter 3
pp. 40-43

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 Text-Based Discussion Questions

1. Which of Dracula’s actions seem unusual?

2. What is the narrator’s attitude toward this

interaction with Dracula?

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 Text-Based Discussion Questions

1. Which of Dracula’s actions seem unusual?

He appears out of nowhere. There is no reflection

of him in the mirror. He becomes furious when he
sees blood from the narrator’s cut, and he grabs at
the narrator’s throat. Then he suddenly calms
down when he touches the crucifix. Finally, he
gives the narrator a strange warning about not
cutting himself and breaks the mirror.
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 Text-Based Discussion Questions

2. What is the narrator’s attitude toward this

interaction with Dracula?

He is startled. He says he has a “vague feeling of

uneasiness which I always have when the Count
is near.”

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43

This passage describes an early encounter

between the narrator and Dracula. Return to the
passage, finding examples of unusual behavior
by the Count. Fill in the first two columns in the
following chart with examples of Count Dracula’s
actions.

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

4–5 Suddenly I felt a hand on my Reveals: The Count seems to be

shoulder, and heard the able to appear in the room
Count’s voice saying to me, without using a door.
“Good morning.”

5–7

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

4–5 Suddenly I felt a hand on my Reveals: The Count seems to be

shoulder, and heard the able to appear in the room
Count’s voice saying to me, without using a door.
“Good morning.”

5–7 I started, for it amazed me that

I had not seen him, since the
reflection of the glass covered
the whole room behind me.

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

4–5 Suddenly I felt a hand on my Reveals: The Count seems to be

shoulder, and heard the able to appear in the room
Count’s voice saying to me, without using a door.
“Good morning.”

5–7 I started, for it amazed me that Reveals: Count Dracula is not

I had not seen him, since the
reflection of the glass covered
the whole room behind me.
like the narrator. The narrator is
able to see the reflection of the
entire room in his mirror, but
the Count’s reflection cannot
be seen.

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

21–22

23–25

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

21–22 . . . his eyes blazed with a sort

of demoniac fury, and he
suddenly made a grab at my
throat.

23–25

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

21–22 . . . his eyes blazed with a sort Reveals: Count Dracula seems
of demoniac fury, and he to be an evil character, as if
suddenly made a grab at my possessed by the devil.
throat.

23–25

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

21–22 . . . his eyes blazed with a sort Reveals: Count Dracula seems
of demoniac fury, and he to be an evil character, as if
suddenly made a grab at my possessed by the devil.
throat.

23–25 his hand touched . . . the

crucifix. It made an instant
change in him, for the fury
passed so quickly.

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 Focus on Analyzing Characters,
pp. 42-43
Evidence of Dracula’s Character
Sentence Description of unusual What does this reveal about
number(s) behavior. Use direct quotes the character?
about what Dracula says and
does.

21–22 . . . his eyes blazed with a sort Reveals: Count Dracula seems
of demoniac fury, and he to be an evil character, as if
suddenly made a grab at my possessed by the devil.
throat.

23–25 his hand touched . . . the Reveals: Although Count

crucifix. It made an instant
change in him, for the fury
passed so quickly.
Dracula seems to be a powerful
character, touching the crucifix
changed his actions quickly. The
crucifix some- how hurts
Dracula.

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