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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 19 means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Peremptory.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Valid.
(d) Empathetic.

2. Whom does Linton exhibit great fear of in Chapter 26?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Nelly.
(d) Heathcliff.

3. What does the word "avaricious" mean in Chapter 25?
(a) Snobby.
(b) Talkative.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Down-to-earth.

4. What word from Chapter 33 refers to the inner drive that causes a person to perform actions against his or her will?
(a) Compulsion.
(b) Elemental.
(c) Excretion.
(d) Manipulation.

5. What word used in Chapter 31 refers to a destructive fire?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conflagration.
(c) Engagement.
(d) Enticement.

6. Who does Catherine say purposely avoids her on her visits to Wuthering Heights in Chapter 24?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Heathcliff.
(d) Linton.

7. How old does Nelly say her mother lived until in Chapter 22?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 80.
(d) 90.

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

9. Whom does Nelly say she expects Catherine will marry in Chapter 32?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Hareton.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Linton.

10. How much older is Hareton than Catherine?
(a) 10 years older.
(b) 5 years older.
(c) 4 months older.
(d) 3 years older.

11. When does Edgar agree to allow Linton to leave and go to Wuthering Heights in Chapter 19?
(a) The following week.
(b) The following month.
(c) The following day.
(d) The following year.

12. Who is the maid that Linton calls for in Chapter 23?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mary.
(c) Frances.
(d) Zillah.

13. Where does Nelly say that Catherine and Hareton will live after they marry in Chapter 34?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) London.
(c) Thrushcross Grange.
(d) Gimmerton.

14. Who has Linton left all of his inheritance to in his will in Chapter 30?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Nelly.
(c) Heathcliff.
(d) Joseph.

15. 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) Rubicon.
(b) Umbilical.
(c) Catgut.
(d) Sexton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Cathy has seen Linton when they meet in Chapter 26?

2. Whom does Nelly find young Catherine talking to at Wuthering Heights after she has stolen away from home in Chapter 18?

3. What is the only building that young Catherine has entered other than her home by the age of thirteen?

4. What stipulation does Edgar make in his letter to Wuthering Heights in the conclusion of Chapter 24?

5. Who accompanies Cathy on a walk around Wuthering Heights in Chapter 21?

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