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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?
(a) The story of the Pyncheons and the Maules.
(b) The history of Judge Pyncheon.
(c) The history of the town.
(d) The story of Alice Pyncheon.

3. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Clifford Pyncheon.
(d) Alice Pyncheon.

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

5. What did Maule do just before his death?
(a) He spat up blood.
(b) He poisoned his well.
(c) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(d) He hypnotized his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

4. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?

5. What is Clifford’s state of health?

(see the answer key)

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