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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?
(a) She hops that Holgrave would manage it.
(b) She wants something to fill the time.
(c) She wants to give Clifford a job.
(d) She needs the money.

2. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cousin Phoebe.
(b) Alice Pyncheon.
(c) Hepzibah’s son.
(d) Matthew Maule.

3. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?
(a) Rustic and pretty.
(b) Fashionable and arrogant.
(c) Disciplined and religious.
(d) Mannered and aristocratic.

4. What recent addition has been made to the House?
(a) The shop window.
(b) A new garden.
(c) A guest house.
(d) The seventh gable.

5. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?
(a) Shriveling skin.
(b) Drooling blood.
(c) Eyes turning white.
(d) Hair falling out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clifford react to the portrait of the Colonel?

2. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?

3. What is done to the portrait of the Colonel for Clifford's benefit?

4. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?

5. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

(see the answer key)

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