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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?
(a) Research the history of the house.
(b) Have her portrait taken.
(c) Leave the house immediately.
(d) Take over tending the garden.

2. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?
(a) The flowers on the roof.
(b) A photo of the Judge.
(c) An old scrapbook.
(d) A secret passage inside the house.

3. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?
(a) The patriarch dies of a mysterious death.
(b) There is a fire in the House.
(c) They suffer an unexpected financial loss.
(d) A sensible, level-headed one is born.

4. What does Phoebe take charge of upon arriving at the House?
(a) Maintaining the house.
(b) Running the shop.
(c) Tending the garden.
(d) Handling Hepzibah’s finances.

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) He rents a room there.
(b) Hepzibah has hired him.
(c) He wants to buy something.
(d) He is making a delivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?

2. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?

3. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

4. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?

5. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?

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