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

2. Where does Nelly go to fetch the doctor after Mr. Earnshaw dies in Chapter 5?
(a) London.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Gimmerton.
(d) Glasgow.

3. 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.

4. How does Isabella say she was injured by Heathcliff before fleeing his home in Chapter 17?
(a) He shot her in the leg.
(b) He stabbed her in the neck.
(c) He stabbed her in the arm.
(d) He shot her in the arm.

5. Who is the seemingly mad elderly man that greets Isabella when she arrives at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 13?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Hindley.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Mr. Kenneth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is Wuthering Heights set?

2. What is the name of Isabella's springer spaniel that is caught up and choking from a handkerchief in Chapter 12?

3. What are the children at Thrushcross Grange fighting over when Heathcliff and Catherine go there in Chapter 6?

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

5. Whom does Catherine take with her as a chaperone when she goes to visit Heathcliff in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Mr. Lockwood greeted when he arrives at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 2?

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

4. How does Mrs. Dean describe her history at Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 4?

5. What takes place in the days following Edgar's ultimatum in Chapter 12?

6. What is foreshadowed through Isabella's behavior toward Heathcliff in Chapter 10?

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

8. What events and circumstances at Wuthering Heights does Nelly learn about in Chapter 17?

9. How does Mrs. Dean describe the influence of Joseph in the Earnshaw household in Chapter 5?

10. Who bursts into Thrushcross Grange while Nelly is tending to the baby in Chapter 17? Why?

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