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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a member of the clergy, particularly of the Anglican church?
(a) Pliny.
(b) Promontory.
(c) Parson.
(d) Partition.

2. Aside from Catherine's husband, the mourners at her funeral are all what, according to Nelly in Chapter 16?
(a) Out-of-town visitors.
(b) Servants and tenants.
(c) Clergy members.
(d) Siblings or cousins.

3. How many years after her father's death does Catherine marry Edgar?
(a) 2 years later.
(b) 4 years later.
(c) 3 years later.
(d) 5 years later.

4. Whom does Catherine blame for her disintegration into illness in Chapter 15?
(a) Nelly and Mr. Kenneth.
(b) Frances and Hindley.
(c) Edgar and Heathcliff.
(d) Linton and Edgar.

5. Who are the children that are fighting at Thrushcross Grange when Heathcliff and Catherine go there in Chapter 6?
(a) Hindley and Linton.
(b) Linton and Amy.
(c) Edgar and Isabella.
(d) Sarah and Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Catherine move after marrying Edgar?

2. Where does Mr. Earnshaw discover Heathcliff as an orphan?

3. What word from Chapter 14 refers to a name or title?

4. What is the name of the bride that Hindley brings home in Chapter 6?

5. How does Isabella say she was injured by Heathcliff before fleeing his home in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelations does Heathcliff make to Nelly of his motivations in Chapter 14?

2. What leads to Catherine and Heathcliff's disappearance in Chapter 6?

3. How does Heathcliff respond to Catherine when she accuses him of using Isabella to hurt her in Chapter 11?

4. Why does Nelly delay giving Catherine the letter in Chapter 15? What is the consequence of this delay?

5. How does Mrs. Dean describe the changes in the Earnshaw household after the birth of Hareton in Chapter 8?

6. In what year does the novel begin? Where is Mr. Lockwood when his character is first introduced?

7. How does Mrs. Dean describe Catherine's death in Chapter 16? When does Catherine die?

8. What dream does Mr. Lockwood have when he drifts off in Chapter 3?

9. What causes the conflict between Heathcliff and Edgar in Chapter 7? How is Heathcliff punished?

10. How does the atmosphere of the Earnshaw home change when Hindley returns in Chapter 6?

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