Chapter XX Quiz — Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
Comprehension Quiz: Chapter XX
Why does Mr. Edgar Linton have Nelly deliver Linton Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights before dawn?
- To avoid bad weather on the moors
- To prevent Catherine from learning where Linton has gone
- Because Heathcliff demanded the boy arrive by sunrise
- Because Linton requested an early departure
What is Linton’s reaction when Nelly tells him he is going to live with his father?
- He is overjoyed and packs immediately
- He cries out "My father! Mamma never told me I had a father"
- He asks to bring Catherine along
- He threatens to run away to London
What does Joseph say when he first sees Linton at Wuthering Heights?
- He welcomes the boy warmly as the new master
- He suggests Heathcliff must have been "swopped" and the boy is a girl
- He refuses to serve the child any food
- He asks Nelly to take the boy back to the Grange
What is Heathcliff’s primary reason for keeping Linton alive and well cared for?
- Genuine fatherly love and guilt over abandoning Isabella
- A promise he made to Catherine Earnshaw’s ghost
- Linton is the legal heir to Thrushcross Grange, serving Heathcliff’s revenge
- Edgar Linton pays Heathcliff to care for the boy
Which detail does Nelly use to describe Linton’s physical appearance during the ride?
- Dark hair, strong build, and Heathcliff’s fierce eyes
- White complexion, slim frame, and large languid eyes like his mother’s
- Red hair, freckled skin, and a cheerful expression
- Tanned skin, athletic build, and confident posture
What food does Linton refuse at Wuthering Heights?
- Bread and butter
- Roast beef
- Milk-porridge
- Oatcakes and cheese
What preparations has Heathcliff made for Linton’s arrival?
- Nothing—he did not expect the boy to come
- A furnished room, a hired tutor, and orders for Hareton to obey Linton
- A new wardrobe and a pony for riding the moors
- An apprenticeship with Joseph to learn farm work
How does Chapter 20 parallel an earlier event in the novel?
- It parallels Catherine’s stay at Thrushcross Grange after the dog bite
- It parallels Mr. Earnshaw bringing the orphan Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights
- It parallels Isabella’s elopement with Heathcliff
- It parallels Hindley’s return after Mr. Earnshaw’s death
What are the last words Nelly hears as she leaves Wuthering Heights?
- Heathcliff ordering Joseph to lock the doors
- Hareton offering to show Linton the moors
- Linton crying "Don’t leave me! I’ll not stay here!"
- Joseph muttering prayers in his Yorkshire dialect
What does Heathcliff mean when he says he wants his child "hiring their children to till their fathers’ lands for wages"?
- He wants Linton to become a successful farmer
- He plans for Linton to inherit the estates so the Linton and Earnshaw heirs become servants on their own family land
- He hopes Linton will learn the value of hard work
- He is joking to lighten the mood with Nelly
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