1. What demand does the creature make at the end of chapter 16, and why?

2. Describe the place where Victor goes when he leaves Henry behind at their Scottish friend's house and travels to the farthest northern part of Scotland he can reach. What is it like there, and why do you think he chose this location for his work?

3. What thoughts make Victor change his mind just before he was about to complete the female? Who is watching through the window as he destroys the female?

4. What promise does the creature make as the last thing he says to Victor before he rushes out of Victor's hut?

5. What country does Victor land in after he falls asleep in his boat and drifts for so long? Why do the villagers there speak so rudely and suspiciously to him?

6. What was the outcome of victor's criminal trial? What evidence is given to prove this?

7. In the boat leaving Geneva after the wedding, what sort of mood does Elizabeth try to present for Victor's sake? What sort of mood does he nonetheless notice she seems to feel?

8. What did the creature do on victor’s wedding night?

9. When Victor rushes home to Geneva in a panic that his father may be in danger, what news must he deliver?

10. What does this news cause to happen to his father? What then happens to Victor for the next several months when he "loses sensation"?

11. What reaction does the magistrate in Geneva give Victor when Victor tries to tell him about the creature and demand legal aid in hunting and punishing him?

12. What does Victor say will give him strength and preserve his life while he hunts alone for the creature?

13. In what way does the creature continue to emotionally torment Victor whenever he senses that Victor might have lost his trail or might begin to give up?

14. What would Victor like Robert Walton to do if he ever has the chance?

15. What does the creature say he felt after killing Henry Clerval? What does he say he felt after killing Elizabeth? What does Walton think about the creature's explanation?

16. What does the creature announce he will do to end the suffering of his feelings of guilt? What method will he use?