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Answer keys LEVEL 3
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Book key
1 Open answers
2 a  Dr Jekyll  b  Mr Hyde  c  Dr Jekyll
d  Sir Danvers Carew  e  Mr Hyde
3 a  3  b  3  c  7  d  3  e  7  f  3
4 – 6  Open answers
7 a  safe  b  mad  c  afraid  d  disagreed  e  power
f  dislike/hate  g  key  h  orders  i  interested
j  help
8 Open answers
9 Dr Jekyll: famous, fine, honest, friendly
Mr Hyde: ugly, unpleasant, evil, cold
10 Open answers
11 a a year later
b an old man
c Mr Utterson
d Dr Jekyll
e Mr Hyde’s house
f won’t see Mr Hyde again
g Dr Jekyll
12–13  Open answers
14 a  5  b  3  c  2  d  1  e  4  f  7  g  6
15 a Mr Utterson – about seeing Mr Hyde
b Mr Utterson – about having the same feelings of
fear and hate when seeing Dr Jekyll as when he and
Mr Enfield saw Mr Hyde
16–20  Open answers
20 a  afraid  b  angry  c  chemical  d  handwriting
e  face  f  evil  g  axe  h  body  i  will  j  envelope
21 a  E  b  fourth  c  drawer  d  give
22 a  Mr Hyde  b  Dr Jekyll  c  a chemical
d  Dr Jekyll
23–24  Open answers
25 a  Yes  b  Yes  c  No  d  Yes  e  No  f  Yes
g  No  h  No  i  Yes  j  No
26–37  Open answers
Discussion activities key
1–3  Open answers
4 He was often ill and lonely. He studied law. He lived
in Scotland, France, the United States and Samoa. He
wrote travel books, short stories and longer books.
Treasure Island and Kidnapped are adventure stories.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a mystery. He got the idea for
this book from a dream and he was writing about the
good and bad side of people. Open answers.
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5 Utterson was older and more serious and he liked
a quiet life. Enfield was younger and enjoyed the
theatre, parties and going to restaurants. Open
answers.
6 –14  Open answers
15 Poole knocked on the door in a special way/Poole
knocked on the door of the room above the
workroom. The servants heard Dr Jekyll cry to
God. Poole saw a man with his face covered in the
workroom. Utterson and Poole broke down the door
with an axe. Hyde’s body was lying in the middle of
the room/They searched the house for Dr Jekyll’s
body. Dr Jekyll left everything to Utterson in his new
will. Jekyll asked Lanyon to take a drawer from his
house to his office. Lanyon had a gun when he was
waiting for the person to come for the drawer.
16–20  Open answers
Activity worksheets key
1 a  2  b  3  c  8  d  6  e  5  f  1  g  7  h  9  i  4
2 a lawyer
b friend
c story
d unpleasant
e little
f key
g cheque
h signature
i famous
j square
3 a  3  b  3  c  7  d  7  e  3  f  3  g  7  h  3
4 a  envelope  b  healthy  c  moonlight  d  workroom
e  pleasant  f  subject  g  trouble  h  interest
5 a  7  b  3  c  1  d  8  e  5  f  2  g  4  h  6
6 a Because he once visited her employer.
b He hit him over the head with a stick.
c She fell to the floor and for some time she knew
nothing.
d They found some money, a gold watch and a letter
with Utterson’s name and address on it.
e A lot of burned papers.
f Scientific experiments.
g That he would never see Hyde again.
h Because he was clever about handwriting.
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Answer keys LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

7 a love > hate 11 a Dr Jekyll seemed to have a good future.
b healthy > sick b Some chemicals can change a person’s shape.
c years > weeks c I felt a greater need to escape into the younger
d open > shut body.
e drawer > safe d My hand was half-covered in thick hair.
f garden > courtyard e I paid a servant at the hotel to take the letters.
g drink > walk
h happiness > fear Progress test key
8 a to 1 a  7  b  7  c  3  d  3  e  7  f  7  g  3  h  3
b was 2 a  2  b  4  c  1  d  8  e  3  f  7  g  6  h  5
c another 3 a Dr Lanyon
d secret b Utterson
e for c Edward Hyde
f fill d Dr Jekyll
g disappear e Poole
h waited 4 a a girl
9 a silence b The police
b orders c Utterson’s
c lock d Utterson
d hide e Jekyll
e mad f A servant
f amuse g Mr Guest
g wide 5 a  7  b  7  c  3  d  3  e  7  f  3  g  7  h  7
h shaking 6 a  6  b  8  c  3  d  1  e  4  f  7  g  2  h  5
10 a his love of fun.
b a bad side.
c than Dr Jekyll.
d the things that Hyde did.
e worse.
f back into Jekyll.
g to forgive him.
h got stronger.

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