2. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person can help her financially.
(b) This person is really a ghost.
(c) This person can only stay one night.
(d) This person is not being honest with her.

3. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
(a) A little bit better.
(b) About the same.
(c) Much worse.
(d) Much better.

4. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?
(a) He falls asleep in his chair.
(b) He closes down the shop.
(c) He takes a walk around town.
(d) He writes a letter to the Judge.

5. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Buy the house from Hepzibah.
(b) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.
(c) Cheer Hepzibah up.
(d) Steal a valuable painting.

6. What initial impression does Phoebe have of the Judge?
(a) He has a dark and hidden nature.
(b) He does not carry himself like a judge.
(c) He is a good and decent man.
(d) He looks exactly like Clifford.

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

8. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Someone to make an offer to buy the House.
(b) The flowers in the garden to bloom.
(c) A delivery that was three days late.
(d) The arrival of someone very important to her.

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

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

11. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?
(a) They quietly resent one another.
(b) They slowly develop a bond.
(c) They never quite trust each other.
(d) They hit it off immediately.

12. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?
(a) He seems completely indifferent.
(b) He fears it is a dream.
(c) He is shocked and surprised.
(d) He acts as if he is entitled to it.

13. What was Matthew Maule accused of?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Fraud.

14. Who comes to the shop window after Phoebe has visited the garden the first time?
(a) The Judge.
(b) The fish dealer.
(c) A line of customers.
(d) The bill collector.

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