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

2. What does Phoebe do for Hepzibah her first morning at the House?
(a) She paints Hepzibah's portrait.
(b) She pays Hepzibah's mortgage.
(c) She does Hepzibah's laundry.
(d) She makes her breakfast.

3. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Judge.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

4. What is the legend about the well?
(a) That Matthew Maule bewitched it.
(b) That Alice Pyncheon died in it.
(c) That its waters have magical qualities.
(d) That a strange treasure is hidden in it.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?

2. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

3. What does Phoebe’s window look down on?

4. How did Matthew Maule die?

5. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?

(see the answer key)

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