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Frankenstein Abridged 7-12

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is left alive at the end of the novel?

a)

Robert Walton

b)

Victor Frankenstein

c)

Henry Clerval

d)

Alphonse Frankenstein (Victor's father)

2.

How does the monster fulfill his threat of being with Victor on his wedding night?

a)

He kills Victor on his wedding night

b)

He strangles Elizabeth on the wedding night

c)

He kills Victor's father on his wedding night

d)

He watches from just outside the window as Elizabeth and Victor marry

3.
What is Victor obsessed with after Elizabeth's death?
a)
finding another woman
b)
protecting his family
c)
gaining revenge
d)
finding a way to re-animate Elizabeth's corpse
4.

Victor's father dies

a)

from grief over so many terrible things happening so close together.

b)

at the monster's hands.

c)

when he realizes that Frankenstein is behind all the murders.

5.

How did the monster learn to speak?

a)

He hid in the closet and listened during class at school

b)

He stole books from the library and taught himself

c)

He observed a family through a hole in the wall of their cabin

d)

He made friends with a rugged mountain man who taught him

6.

What did the monster ask Frankenstein to do for him?

a)

make him a wife

b)

take him into the family

c)

teach him science and math

d)

build him a cabin

7.
When the cottagers reject the monster, what does he do in retaliation?
a)
Kills them
b)
Steals their food
c)
Burns down their cottage
d)
Cries
8.

What did Victor do when the monster came to life?

a)

He slapped the monster and ran.

b)

He fled to the courtyard.

c)

He cried in the corner begging for help.

d)

He attempted to kill the monster

9.

Why does Victor decide to tell Captain Walton his story?

a)

In thanks for saving his life

b)

As a warning to not pursue dangerous knowledge

c)

To pay him for the ride to the north pole

d)

Because they are having a contest to see who can tell the best story.

10.

Frankenstein ignores his family in his pursuit to create the monster. 

a)

False

b)

True

11.
Which character did the Monster NOT kill?
a)
Victor
b)
Elizabeth
c)
Victor's brother
12.

Said, “I will be with you on your wedding night.”

a)

The Creature

b)

Henry

c)

Felix

d)

Victor

e)

Elizabeth

13.

Agrees to marry Victor before knowing his secret

a)

Agatha

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Caroline

d)

Mary Shelley

e)

Safie

14.

Victor Frankenstein is accused of this character’s murder.

a)

The Creature

b)

William

c)

Henry

d)

Elizabeth

e)

Justine

15.

Identify the character: Accompanies Victor on his travels to England and Scotland.

a)

The Creature

b)

Justine

c)

Henry Clerval

d)

Elizabeth

e)

Robert Walton

16.

After the death of Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton:

a)

buries the body at sea

b)

speaks with the Creature

c)

kills the Creature

d)

kills himself

17.

What is the the Creature’s story intended to do for the reader?

a)

Create suspense

b)

Build disgust

c)

Make the reader hate the Creature

d)

Make the reader sympathetic to the Creature

18.

One of the creatures first discoveries is_____________.

a)

The kindness of humans

b)

Fire

c)

Shelter

d)

Books

19.

The creature begins life _____________.

a)

All alone

b)

Foraging for berries and acorns

c)

Knowing nothing about the world

d)

All of the above

20.

After being attacked by villagers, the creature takes shelter in_____________.

a)

An abandoned castle

b)

A shed that is linked to a small cottage

c)

A church

d)

The woods

21.

Why didn't Victor want to befriend Walton?

a)

because he didn't want the monster to kill him

b)

because he would like the monster

c)

because the creature would have been more friendly than Victor

22.

Did Victor die?

a)

YES

b)

NO

23.

What did the creature do at the very end?

a)

he jumped into the water

b)

he killed Walton

c)

he shot himself

d)

he took Victor's body with him

24.

Who was waiting for Victor in the cemetery?

a)

his father's ghost

b)

Elizabeth's ghost

c)

Henry Clerval's ghost

d)

the creature

25.

How did Victor pursue the creature across the ice and snow?

a)

with a sledge and dogs

b)

in a carriage

c)

by foot with thick boots

d)

he didn't pursue the creature

26.

The creation saves a drowning girl.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The monster spends several months observing

a)

animals.

b)

a family in a cottage.

c)

The Frankensteins

d)

a covent of nuns.

28.

The creation demands that Victor

a)

teach him how to speak.

b)

kill him out of mercy.

c)

make him beautiful.

d)

create a female companion.

29.

The creation feels remorse at the end of the novel.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Victor goes through with the monster's request and completes it.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

In the final scene, Robert Walton decides to

a)

kill the monster on the ship.

b)

ignore Victor Frankenstein's story and continue his journey to the North Pole.

c)

find the love of his life.

d)

turn his ship around and go home with his crew.

32.

Why is Justine killed?

a)

She is a Frankenstein assistant.

b)

She was to be Victor's wife.

c)

She found out about Victor's creature.

d)

She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

33.

Why does the creature want revenge on Victor?

a)

Victor created him.

b)

Victor abandoned him.

c)

Victor loved him.

d)

Victor denied creating him.

34.

Victor postponed his marriage to Elizabeth because, after years of being away from her, he had fallen out of love with her and didn't know how to tell her.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Why did Victor stop working on the second creation?

a)

He ran out of body parts.

b)

He was too exhausted and weak to continue.

c)

He didn't think the first creature would approve.

d)

He was disgusted by what he was doing.