Wuthering Heights Reading Worksheet

Think about these questions as you read. Try to answer the questions as you carefully read
through the book.

1. Who authored Wuthering Heights?

2. What is the name of the village that is near Wuthering Heights?

3. Which 2 characters in the book claim to see the ghost of Catherine?

4. Who raises Hareton when he is young boy?

5. Who is forced to work as a servant in Hindley’s home?

6. When do young Catherine and Hareton plan to marry?

7. Who says “I am Heathcliff!”?

8. Which character dies first? Last?

9. Who is forced to work as a servant in Heathcliff’s home?

10. What is above the entrance of Wuthering Heights?

11. Which 2 characters plan to live at Thrushcross Grange at the end of the story?

12. When does Heathcliff say that Catherine will decompose?

13. Where is Catherine’s body buried?

14. How old is Linton when he reunites with Catherine?

15. Which character does Edgar Linton not like his daughter to visit?
Answer Key:
1. Emily Bronte
2. Gimmerton
3. Heathcliff and Lockwood
4. Nelly
5. Heathcliff
6. New Year’s Day
7. Catherine
8. Mrs. Earnshaw (First); Heathcliff (Last)
9. Hareton
10. Hareton Earnshaw, 1500
11. Hareton and Young Catherine
12. When Heathcliff can join her in the earth
13. In a churchyard cemetery that overlooks the moors
14.16 years old
15. Linton Heathcliff