1. Chapter 8
True or false?
Read through the following statements all about Chapter 8 of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Which do you think are true and which do you think are false?
Find a quotation/page reference for each to get extra points!

2. “… what brings you here?” p.37
1) The first thing that Mr Utterson asks Poole when he arrives is whether he is unwell.
True or false?
“… what brings you here?” p.37
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3. “I’ve been afraid for about a week,” p.37
2) Poole says he has been afraid for about 7 days.
True or false?
“I’ve been afraid for about a week,” p.37
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4. 3) Stevenson describes how Mr Utterson’s face is pale as he follows Poole to Dr Jekyll’s house.
True or false?
The moon is described as ‘pale’ whereas the wind ‘flecked the blood into the face.’ p.38
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5. “That won’t hold water; it doesn’t commend itself to reason.” p.40
4) Mr Utterson thinks that Poole’s belief about Dr Jekyll being murdered cannot be true as the murderer would not have stayed locked in the cabinet.
True or false?
“That won’t hold water; it doesn’t commend itself to reason.” p.40
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6. “This drug is wanted bitter bad, sir,” p.40
5) The figure locked in the cabinet has been requesting a drug.
True or false?
“This drug is wanted bitter bad, sir,” p.40
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7. 6) Poole describes the figure as making a sound like a weasel.
True or false?
“like a rat” p.41
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8. “you might take the kitchen poker for yourself.” p.42
7) Mr Utterson arms himself with a kitchen poker.
True or false?
“you might take the kitchen poker for yourself.” p.42
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9. 8) More than anything else, Poole is convinced that the figure in the cabinet is Mr Hyde because of the way that he looks.
True or false?
“there was something queer about that gentleman- something that gave a man a turn — […] you felt in your marrow kind of cold and thin.” p.42
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10. 9) The breaking of the locked door could symbolise that secrets will no longer remain hidden in the novel.
True or false?
‘the lock burst in sunder and the wreck of the door fell inwards on the carpet.’ p.44
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11. 10) The thing they are most surprised to find in the room is the residue of the drugs Dr Jekyll had been requesting.
True or false?
The mirror surprises them most — “what could Jekyll want with it?” p.46
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12. 11) Dr Jekyll’s most recent will leaves everything to Mr Utterson.
True or false?
‘ … in place of the name of Edward Hyde, the lawyer, with indescribable amazement, read the name of Gabriel John Utterson.’ p.46
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