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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 does Isabella do with her wedding ring in Chapter 17?
(a) She throws it into the fire.
(b) She pawns it.
(c) She gives it to Nelly.
(d) She gives it to Catherine.

2. Where does Heathcliff say he is staying the night when he visits Catherine in Chapter 10?
(a) Thrushcross Grange.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) London.
(d) Gimmerton.

3. What does Catherine compare her love for Edgar with in Chapter 9?
(a) Feathers in the wind.
(b) Eternal rocks.
(c) Foliage in the woods.
(d) Smoke from a campfire.

4. What color are Edgar Linton's eyes described as in Chapter 7?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

5. Whom does Mrs. Dean describe as "the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours" in Chapter 5?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Hareton.
(c) Heathcliff.
(d) Edgar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Mr. Lockwood see on the gate to Mr. Heathcliff's estate in Chapter 1?

2. For how long has Heathcliff been away when he appears at Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 10?

3. How does Heathcliff say he intends to gain ownership of the Earnshaws' estate in Chapter 10?

4. What does young Hareton do when he first sees Nelly outside of his family's home in Chapter 11?

5. What month is it when Catherine first leaves her chamber after suffering from a brain fever in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Nelly to visit the Heights in Chapter 11? What does she encounter when she arrives there?

2. How is the room described that Mr. Lockwood stays in at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 3?

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

4. How does Mrs. Dean describe the histories of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 4?

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

6. What conflict occurs between Heathcliff and Catherine in Chapter 15? How is the conflict resolved?

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

8. How does Heathcliff respond when Nelly informs him of Catherine's death in Chapter 16?

9. How much time has passed since Isabella's disappearance in Chapter 13? What happened during this time?

10. How does Mrs. Dean describe Catherine's behavior when she first encounters her in her room in Chapter 12?

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