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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Judge respond to Phoebe’s rebuff?
(a) He grows angry and abusive.
(b) He is openly disappointed.
(c) He smiles and laughes it off.
(d) He is mildly puzzled.

2. What does Holgrave suggest about the Judge?
(a) He appeares pious and humble.
(b) He appeares cynical and jaded.
(c) He appeares capable of a great crime.
(d) He appeares charismatic and appealing.

3. Maule offers to help Gervais in exchange for what?
(a) Alice’s hand in marriage.
(b) Half the Pyncheons’ fortune
(c) The House of Seven Gables.
(d) Clearing his grandfather’s name.

4. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?
(a) Dark and somber.
(b) Pale and worn out.
(c) Sharp and stylish.
(d) Colorful and elaborate.

5. Where do the residents of the House begin to spend more time after Phoebe settles in?
(a) The summer house.
(b) The shop.
(c) The garden.
(d) The parlor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?

2. In Chapter 13, the action flashes back to a story about whom?

3. What did Maule’s father do?

4. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?

5. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

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