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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heathcliff tell Nelly he intends to do with Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 29?
(a) He plans to raze it.
(b) He plans to rent it out.
(c) He plans to rebuild it.
(d) He plans to sell it.

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

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

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) Excretion.
(c) Manipulation.
(d) Elemental.

5. 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.

6. Who arrives to let Nelly out of the room she's been locked in, in Chapter 28?
(a) Hareton.
(b) Minny.
(c) Zillah.
(d) Catherine.

7. What month is it when Heathcliff leaves home overnight and returns home overjoyed in Chapter 34?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) October.

8. What word, meaning devilish or fiendish, does Edgar use to describe Heathcliff in Chapter 21?
(a) Anthropomorphic.
(b) Endemic.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Diabolical.

9. At what time does Mr. Lockwood arrive at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 31?
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 a.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

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

11. In what year does Chapter 32 begin?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1835.

12. Who holds the door against Nelly and won't let her enter when she comes to Wuthering Heights to check on Catherine in Chapter 30?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Hareton.
(c) Mary.
(d) Joseph.

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

14. What does Heathcliff say he has bribed the sexton to do once he dies in Chapter 29?
(a) To bury him at sea.
(b) To bury him next to Catherine.
(c) To burn down Wuthering Heights.
(d) To scatter his ashes over Wuthering Heights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of young Catherine's pony in Chapter 18?

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

3. Who is to act as guardian of Catherine when she visits Linton in Chapter 25?

4. Whose chamber are Catherine and Nelly taken to in order to spend the night in Chapter 27?

5. What word from Chapter 19 means characterized by displeasure at something considered unjust or offensive?

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