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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Holgrave’s occupation?
(a) A daguerreotypist.
(b) A real estate broker.
(c) A hypnotist.
(d) A harpsichord tuner.

2. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?
(a) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.
(b) Looking for the lost deed.
(c) Researching who really killed his uncle.
(d) Running for political office.

3. What does the Judge reveal to Hepzibah during his visit following Phoebe's departure?
(a) He is terminally ill.
(b) He is really a Maule.
(c) He had arranged Clifford’s release from prison.
(d) He has secretly gone bankrupt.

4. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?
(a) Alice’s ghost.
(b) A shop assistant.
(c) A customer.
(d) Hepzibah’s daughter.

5. What does Phoebe tell Holgrave after he reads her his story?
(a) She is to return home for a while.
(b) She is not who she says she is.
(c) She is secretly in love with him.
(d) She is going to talk to the Judge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is a secret compartment found in the house?

3. What eventually drives Alice to her death?

4. What do Holgrave and Phoebe admit to each other after she returns to the House?

5. Why do the children gather around the front steps of the House?

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