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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hepzibah react to the Judge being at the House?
(a) She pleads with him for money.
(b) She warns him not to trust Phoebe.
(c) She welcomes him with open arms.
(d) She barrs him from entering the house.

2. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Hepzibah has hired him.
(b) He wants to buy something.
(c) He rents a room there.
(d) He is making a delivery.

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

4. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?
(a) If Alice had chosen to study abroad.
(b) If Colonel Pyncheon had lived.
(c) If Clifford had been acquitted of murder.
(d) If the shop window had never been installed in the House.

5. Which of the following best describes the Maules?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Hard working.
(c) Religious.
(d) They practiced witchcraft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?

2. What recent addition has been made to the House?

3. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

4. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?

5. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?

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