Chapter IV Quiz — Wuthering Heights

How long has Nelly Dean lived at Thrushcross Grange when Lockwood speaks with her?

• Twelve years
• Eighteen years
• Sixteen years
• Twenty years

Where did Mr. Earnshaw find the child who would become Heathcliff?

• On the moors near Wuthering Heights
• In the streets of Liverpool
• At a parish workhouse
• Abandoned at Thrushcross Grange

What gift did Hindley ask his father to bring from Liverpool?

• A whip
• A pocketknife
• A fiddle
• A book

Why was the name "Heathcliff" chosen for the foundling child?

• It described the wild landscape where the child was found
• It was the name of an Earnshaw son who had died in childhood
• Mr. Earnshaw chose it to honor his own father
• Nelly Dean suggested it because of the child's dark appearance

What punishment did Nelly receive for placing Heathcliff on the stair landing?

• She was given extra chores for a month
• She was sent out of the house (banished)
• She lost her wages for the week
• She was made to apologize before the entire household

How does Heathcliff force Hindley to exchange horses with him?

• He asks Mr. Earnshaw to order the exchange
• He threatens to tell Mr. Earnshaw about Hindley's beatings
• He offers to do Hindley's chores for a month
• He physically overpowers Hindley in the stable

What event causes Nelly to soften her attitude toward Heathcliff?

• Mr. Earnshaw orders her to be kinder
• Heathcliff saves Cathy from an accident
• She nurses him through a dangerous bout of measles
• Heathcliff gives her a gift from Mr. Earnshaw's money

What does Nelly say about Heathcliff's relationship to the Linton family?

• Heathcliff is Edgar Linton's brother
• Heathcliff married Mr. Linton's sister
• Heathcliff is a distant cousin of the Lintons
• Heathcliff has no connection to the Lintons

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What does "churl" mean when Lockwood says Heathcliff must have had difficulties "to make him such a churl"?

• A wealthy landowner
• A rude, surly, ill-tempered person
• A clever and cunning trickster
• A reclusive hermit

What does Nelly mean when she calls Heathcliff's history "a cuckoo's"?

• His story is strange and unbelievable
• He arrived as an outsider who displaced the rightful family members
• He repeated the same mistakes over and over
• His origins are connected to springtime and rebirth

What does "vindictive" mean when Nelly says she "really thought him not vindictive"?

• Generous and forgiving
• Having a strong desire for revenge; spiteful
• Easily frightened or intimidated
• Honest and straightforward