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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 does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?
(a) Hire Holgrave.
(b) Move into the house.
(c) Talk to Clifford.
(d) Take the portrait.

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

3. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?
(a) Misjudge him.
(b) Leave the shop.
(c) Call Hepzibah.
(d) Insist he stay for lunch.

4. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?
(a) They were rumored to practice witchcraft.
(b) They spent too much time with the natives.
(c) They were habitual criminals.
(d) They lived outside of town.

5. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?
(a) A secret passage inside the house.
(b) A photo of the Judge.
(c) The flowers on the roof.
(d) An old scrapbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?

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

3. Hepzibah is whose sister?

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

5. What initial impression does Phoebe have of the Judge?

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