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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Maule hope that Alice can help him?
(a) By spying on the rest of the Pyncheon family.
(b) By helping Maule search the house.
(c) By acting as a medium to talk to the dead.
(d) By ending the long feud between the families.

2. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?
(a) To see if the old seeds from the Colonel’s time will sprout.
(b) To determine the true age of the Colonel’s portrait.
(c) To see if he can photograph Alice Pyncheon’s ghost.
(d) To measure the depth of the well.

3. How does Clifford act when he appears again after his meeting with the Judge?
(a) Angry and resentful.
(b) Old and weak.
(c) Excited and energized.
(d) Frightened and shaking.

4. What role does Phoebe take at the House?
(a) She becomes a tour guide for guests to the house.
(b) She becomes increasingly reclusive and hides in the attic.
(c) She becomes the mediator between Hepzibah and Clifford.
(d) She becomes a caretaker to Hepzibah and Clifford.

5. Holgrave tells Phoebe which story?
(a) The story of Matthew Maule and Colonel Pyncheon.
(b) The story of the Judge’s rise to prominence.
(c) The story of his life before he became a daguerreotypist.
(d) The story of Clifford’s conviction for murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did some construction work on the house the day the Colonel died?

2. What does Clifford enjoy watching from the arched windows?

3. How does Maule defy tradition when he comes to the House?

4. What does young Matthew Maule do for a living?

5. What does Clifford do when he sees the political rally?

Short Essay Questions

1. Maule agreed to help Gervais under two conditions. What were they?

2. What does Holgrave offer to read to Phoebe?

3. How does the atmosphere of the House influence Phoebe?

4. What did Maule do to Alice?

5. How do Clifford and Hepzibah get along once Clifford is home?

6. What does Holgrave experiment with?

7. How is Phoebe changing, and why?

8. What happened to Phoebe while Holgrave had been reading, and how did Holgrave account for it?

9. Describe Matthew Maule's demeanor when he came to the house.

10. What happens to cause Phoebe to have more leisure time, and how does she spend it?

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