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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 Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?
(a) The scraping of moving furniture.
(b) The sound of mournful weeping.
(c) The sounds of voices and music.
(d) The growling of an animal.

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

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

4. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?
(a) Flour.
(b) Cookies.
(c) A pound of meat.
(d) A newspaper.

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. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

2. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?

3. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?

4. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?

5. What is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?

(see the answer key)

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