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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what crime has Clifford been convicted?
(a) Blasphemy against the church.
(b) Murdering his uncle.
(c) Forging legal documents.
(d) Robbing the local bank.

3. What is Uncle Venner always talking about?
(a) His ill health.
(b) Alice’s ghost.
(c) Retiring to his farm.
(d) His long-lost nephew.

4. What is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?
(a) It originally belonged to a famous composer.
(b) It is the first one ever built.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon died while playing it.
(d) It is said to occasionally play itself.

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) Steal a valuable painting.
(d) Cheer Hepzibah up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe do that cheers Clifford the most?

2. What is Clifford’s state of health?

3. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?

4. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?

5. What did Maule do just before his death?

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