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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only building that young Catherine has entered other than her home by the age of thirteen?
(a) The London Museum.
(b) The Gimmerton chapel.
(c) Her grandmother's house.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

2. What word from Chapter 20 refers to a unfortunate or unhappy person?
(a) Wraith.
(b) Wretch.
(c) Welch.
(d) Wench.

3. Whom does Cathy encounter in the woods when she is left alone in Chapter 22?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Linton.
(c) Hareton.
(d) Heathcliff.

4. How does Cathy injure Linton in Chapter 23?
(a) She trips him.
(b) She pulls his hair.
(c) She stabs him.
(d) She shoves him.

5. What plants of Joseph's does Hareton dig up from the yard at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 33?
(a) Currant and gooseberry bushes.
(b) Daisies and rosebushes.
(c) Blueberry and strawberry bushes.
(d) Palm trees and juniper bushes.

6. What word from Chapter 29 refers to a cord made from the dried intestines of animals and used in stringing musical instruments and tennis rackets?
(a) Umbilical.
(b) Rubicon.
(c) Sexton.
(d) Catgut.

7. What is the name of young Catherine's pony in Chapter 18?
(a) Minny.
(b) Nelly.
(c) Frances.
(d) Fanny.

8. How does Catherine escape her confinement at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 28?
(a) She sneaks out the back door.
(b) She walks out the front door.
(c) She escapes through the basement.
(d) She climbs out the window.

9. What month is it when Catherine and Nelly depart to visit Linton in the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) March.
(d) April.

10. When does the feast of Michaelmas occur?
(a) October 14.
(b) September 29.
(c) June 3.
(d) March 12.

11. How long ago does Nelly say that Mr. Heathcliff died in Chapter 32?
(a) 3 months ago.
(b) 6 months ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 3 days ago.

12. What item of Catherine's does Linton describe Heathcliff smashing in Chapter 28?
(a) A porcelain doll.
(b) A vase.
(c) A locket.
(d) A ring.

13. Whose chamber are Catherine and Nelly taken to in order to spend the night in Chapter 27?
(a) Zillah's.
(b) Linton's.
(c) Hareton's.
(d) Heathcliff's.

14. Who does Nelly run for when she becomes frightened of Heathcliff's face in Chapter 34?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Linton.
(d) Catherine.

15. How many miles from Gimmerton is Mr. Lockwood when he stops to refresh his horses at an ostler in the beginning of Chapter 32?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 14 miles.
(d) 34 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelly go to fetch, leaving Cathy alone in the woods, in Chapter 22?

2. For how long does Zillah say Cathy stayed upstairs after Linton's death in Chapter 30?

3. At what time does Mr. Lockwood arrive at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 31?

4. Who nurses Nelly to health when she becomes ill in Chapter 23?

5. What does Heathcliff tell Nelly he longs for in Chapter 33?

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