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Chapter 4
1. What did Lockwood want Nelly Dean to tell him at supper that night?
2. Who did Mrs. Dean say the Catherine of W. H. was?
3. Who did she say was Hareton?
4. What did Mr. Earnshaw bring home from Liverpool one day?
5. Where did the dark young boy spend his first night in W.H.?
6. How did Hindley treat Heathcliff?
7. Why did Heathcliff cause problems in the household?
8. What caused Nelly Dean to feel more positive about Heathcliff?
9. What happened to Heathcliff’s horse?
10. What did Heathcliff make Hindley do about the horses?
Chapter 5
1. Who among the children was Mr. Earnshaw’s favorite?
2. Why did Mr. Earnshaw agree to send Hindley away to college?
3. What was Catherine’s personality like?
4. How did Catherine discover that her father had died?
5. Why didn’t Nelly Dean comfort Catherine and Heathcliff after Mr. Earnshaw’s death?
Chapter 6
1. When Hindley came home for his father’s funeral how did he surprise everybody at W.H.?
2. How did Hindley change the way the servants acted in his house after he became master?
3. What did Hindley order Heathcliff to do?
4. Why did Heathcliff and Catherine not mind the punishments they got for being mischievous?
5. Where did Heathcliff and Catherine go one day after they had been banished from the sitting room?
6. Why were the Linton children crying when H. and C. looked in their window?
7. Why did Cathy stay behind at Thrushcross Grange?
8. Why did the Lintons think Heathcliff was a ruffian?
9. What punishment did Heathcliff get for the escapade?
Chapter 6
1. Why did Catherine stay at Thrushcross Grange while Heathcliff was sent home?
2. According to Heathcliff, what are the Linton children, Isabella and Edgar, like?
3. What was Hindley’s reaction to Mr. Linton’s advice that he keep better track of his family?
4. Do you think Mr. Linton’s advice is possible and why?
Chapter 7
1. How has Cathy changed after her stay at the Grange?
2. Who was very upset about the change and why?
3. Nelly Dean tells Heathcliff, “Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.” Give an example of a situation where this would be true, or explain why you believe it is not true. Give an example from the literature we have read this year.
4. What advice does Nelly Dean give Heathcliff about improving himself?
5. What happens, almost immediately, to show that Heathcliff didn’t take Nelly’s advice very seriously?
6. What vow does Heathcliff make regarding Hindley?
7. Do you think it unusual that a servant would be as articulate as Nelly Dean is”? How does Bronte make this seem plausible?