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Chapter 5: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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  • What did Utterson suspect after hearing Guest’s observation?
    That Dr Jekyll had forged the letter for Mr Hyde.
  • What does forge mean?
    To copy a signature or document dishonestly.
  • What did Mr Utterson notice about the laboratory when he saw it for the first time?
    It was windowless, rather dirty, and full of chemistry equipment and boxes.
  • What does windowless mean?
    Without windows.
  • Why did Dr Jekyll not have the envelope for the letter?
    He burned it before realising it was important.
  • What does nodded mean?
    Moved the head up and down to say “yes.”
  • How did Dr Jekyll look when Utterson entered his private office?
    He looked sick and welcomed Utterson in a weak voice.
  • What surprising discovery did Mr Guest make when comparing the letter and Dr Jekyll’s note?
    The handwriting was very similar, except for the slope.
  • What did Poole say when Utterson asked if a letter had been handed in that day?
    That no letter had been handed in.
  • Where did Poole take Mr Utterson when he arrived at Dr Jekyll’s house?
    Through the house, across the back garden, and into the laboratory.
  • What news did Mr Utterson ask Dr Jekyll about?
    The murder of Sir Danvers Carew.
  • Who was the letter from, and what did it say?
    From Mr Hyde, saying Dr Jekyll was in no danger from him and that Hyde had a sure means of escape.
  • What did Dr Jekyll give Mr Utterson for advice?
    A letter from Mr Hyde.
  • What does scattered mean?
    Spread around in an untidy way.
  • What did Mr Guest say about the murderer’s handwriting?
    It was strange but not mad.
  • What does upright mean?
    Straight and vertical.
  • Who was Mr Guest, and what was his skill?
    Utterson’s head clerk and a handwriting expert.
  • What did Dr Jekyll promise about Mr Hyde?
    That he would never see Hyde again and was finished with him.
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