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

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

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

4. At the story’s opening, how many members of the Pyncheon family are left living?
(a) 4.
(b) 300.
(c) 37.
(d) 1.

5. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?
(a) He is shy and unobtrusive.
(b) He once tried to set the house on fire.
(c) He associates with strange companions.
(d) He is law-abiding and respectful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

2. What did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?

3. Which of the following best describes the Maules?

4. What is just outside the House?

5. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?

(see the answer key)

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