Chapter 36

Question 1

What does the old man say about what happened at Thornfield while Jane was away?

Answer 1

“He went up to the attics when all was burning above and below… went back to get his mad wife out of her cell… she was on the roof…had long black hair; we could see it streaming against the flames as she stood… she yelled and gave a spring, and the next minute she lay smashed on the pavement.”

Question 2

What happened to Rochester?

Answer 2

“He is stone-blind…he was taken out from under the ruins… one eye was knocked out, and one hand so crushed that Mr Carter, the surgeon, had to amputate it directly.”