3. What did the creature want of Frankenstein? 
He wanted Frankenstein to listen to the account of his life so far. 
 
4. How did the creature feel when he first felt life? 
He felt confused because of all of the new sensations. 
 
5. What was the reaction of the villagers the creature encountered? 
They shrieked, and threw rocks and other things at him, and drove him away from the village. 
 
6. Where did the creature take shelter? 
He stayed in a lean-to attached to a cottage. 
 
7. What observations did the creature make about the people in the cottage? 
He saw that they cared for each other, that the two younger people treated the older man with 
great respect, and that they were often sad and hungry. 
 
8. What does the creature learn to do, and how does he learn this? 
He learns to speak, and then to read, by observing and listening to the cottagers. He found a 
portmanteau that had several books in it, and he read them. He then read the letters that were 
in the pocket of the coat he had taken from Victor Frankenstein. 
 
9. What was the elder De Lacey’s reaction when the creature entered the cottage and began 
speaking with him? 
The elder man was blind, and therefore could not see how hideous the creature looked. He 
invited the creature in and agreed to listen to his story. 
 
10. What was the reaction of the rest of the De Lacey family when they saw the creature? 
Agatha fainted, Safie fled, and Felix hit him with a stick until he left the cottage. 
 

Frankenstein

 Chapters 16-20 

1. What did the creature do to the cottage when he returned and found that the De Laceys had 
moved out? 
He set fire to it in a rage. 
 
2. What was the reaction of the man whose daughter was saved from drowning by the creature? 
He took the girl from the creature’s arms, and shot the creature when he pursued the pair. 
 
3. What discovery did the creature make when he approached another human? 
He seized a small boy, and discovered that he was William Frankenstein. 
 
4. What did the creature do to this person? 
He strangled the boy. 
 
5. How did the creature feel after his deed? 
He was delighted that he was able to create despair for his creator. 
 
6. What did the creature tell Frankenstein about the locket? 
He said he found the locket on the boy, and took it. Later when he saw Justine sleeping, he put 
it in her pocket, intending that she should take the blame for the murder. 
 
7. What did the creature ask Frankenstein to do, and why?