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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?
(a) Alice Pyncheon.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon.
(c) Judge Pyncheon.
(d) Colonel Pyncheon.

2. What does Phoebe’s window look down on?
(a) The garden.
(b) The Elm.
(c) The front walk.
(d) The street.

3. Which statement best describes the initial relationship between Hepzibah and Clifford?
(a) They try to make up for lost time.
(b) They want nothing to do with each other.
(c) They attempt to bond without luck.
(d) They quietly distrust each other.

4. How does Phoebe’s presence influence Clifford?
(a) She deepens his sadness.
(b) She makes him feel young again.
(c) She relieves his depression.
(d) She makes him suspicious.

5. What does Hepzibah do after she opens the shop for the day at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She invites the Judge to tea.
(b) She takes inventory.
(c) She sits down and weeps.
(d) She takes a break in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?

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

3. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?

4. How does Hepzibah react to the Judge being at the House?

5. Whom does Phoebe meet in the garden?

(see the answer key)

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