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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Clifford react every time he hears the train engines?
(a) As if he wants to ride away on one.
(b) As if they trigger a painful memory.
(c) As if he has never heard them before.
(d) As if he does not hear it at all.

2. What does Phoebe find in the garden?
(a) A family of chickens.
(b) A broken down carriage.
(c) The bones of an animal.
(d) A packet of old documents.

3. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?
(a) Disciplined and religious.
(b) Fashionable and arrogant.
(c) Mannered and aristocratic.
(d) Rustic and pretty.

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

5. What does Holgrave value?
(a) What is new and fleeting in the world.
(b) The work ethic of the common man.
(c) The stability and traditions of the past.
(d) The opinions and attitudes of high society.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Clifford related to Hepzibah?

2. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

3. Who comes to the shop window after Phoebe has visited the garden the first time?

4. What does Phoebe take charge of upon arriving at the House?

5. What is done to the portrait of the Colonel for Clifford's benefit?

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