Linton

Question 1

Heathcliff ‘welcomes’ Linton (3)

Answer 1

1) ‘Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! And we’ll see if one tree won’t grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it!’
2) ‘that’s worse than I expected’
3) bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch

Question 2

Linton didn’t think he had a father (1)

Answer 2

‘Mamma never told me I had a father’

Question 3

A description of Linton on his first arrival (1)

Answer 3

the white complexion and slim frame…and his large languid eyes

Question 4

Heathcliff and Nelly question Linton’s diet (2)

Answer 4

1) ‘Hav’nt they reared it on snails and sour milk, Nelly?’

2) and always milk, milk for ever

Question 5

Heathcliff realises Linton is very ‘Linton’ and not ‘Heathcliff’ (1)

Answer 5

‘Where’s my share in thee, puling chicken?’

Question 6

Linton is spoilt and is a product of nurture (1)

Answer 6

that utter lack of sympathy had rendered young Heathcliff selfish and disagreeable

Question 7

Linton’s life expectancy

Answer 7

‘We calculate it will scarcely last till it is eighteen’

Question 8

Heathcliff manipulates Cathy through Linton’s condition (1)

Answer 8

‘he’s going to his grave, and none but you can save him’

Question 9

Linton teasing Cathy with his understanding of their parents (1)

Answer 9

‘Your mother hated your father’

Question 10

Nelly thinks Linton does this only for attention (1)

Answer 10

As soon as he knows there is nobody by to care for his nonsense, he’ll be glad to lie still

Question 11

Nelly’s summary of Linton (1)

Answer 11

the worst-tempered bit of a sickly slip that ever struggled into its teens

Question 12

LInton is locked away, but then has a coughing fit, contrast between him and his father (1)

Answer 12

his cries were choked by a dreadful fit of coughing; blood gushed from his mouth

Question 13

Linton’s idea of a heaven (2)

Answer 13

1) ‘lying from morning till evening’

2) ‘bees humming dreamily about among the blossom’

Question 14

Linton is more ‘Linton’ than ‘Heathcliff’ (1)

Answer 14

‘he affirms I am more your nephew than his son’

Question 15

Linton’s condition is deteriorating (3)

Answer 15

1) walked so feebly, and looked so pale
2) large blue eyes wandered timidly over her; the hollowness around them, transforming to haggard wildness
3) less of the peevish temper of a child which frets and teases on purpose to be soothed, and more of the self-absorbed moroseness of a confirmed invalid, repelling consolation

Question 16

Linton is paranoid of Heathcliff (2)

Answer 16

1) ‘I thought I heard my father’

2) He glanced fearfully towards the Heights

Question 17

Animal imagery to describe Linton (1)

Answer 17

shrunk into the corner, as quiet as a mouse

Question 18

Linton becomes greedy and become s a product of his father (1)

Answer 18

‘It’s mine: papa says everything she has is mine’

Question 19

Linton described as a cobweb (1)

Answer 19

‘he’s just like a cobweb, a pinch would annihilate him’

Question 20

Linton prepared for Death (1)

Answer 20

‘I feel and see only Death! I feel Death’