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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Matthew Maule die?
(a) He caught smallpox.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was drowned.
(d) He was hanged.

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

3. What does Clifford claim he saw in the well?
(a) A ghostly image of the life he lost.
(b) His own face turned twisted and evil.
(c) A dark face staring back.
(d) A sealed box under the water.

4. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?
(a) The growling of an animal.
(b) The scraping of moving furniture.
(c) The sounds of voices and music.
(d) The sound of mournful weeping.

5. What statement best describes Hepzibah’s appearance?
(a) She is a handsome and elegant woman.
(b) She has lost the great beauty of her youth.
(c) Her features are naturally stern and unattractive.
(d) She carefully maintains her former attractiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hepzibah feel towards the Judge at the beginning of the book?

2. How does the Judge respond to Phoebe’s rebuff?

3. With her new free time, Phoebe is spending more time with whom?

4. What is Holgrave writing?

5. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?

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