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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?
(a) Clifford Pyncheon was arrested.
(b) Alice Pyncheon ran away.
(c) Jaffrey Pyncheon sued for possession of the house.
(d) Colonel Pyncheon died.

2. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person can only stay one night.
(b) This person can help her financially.
(c) This person is really a ghost.
(d) This person is not being honest with her.

3. Whom does Phoebe meet in the garden?
(a) Holgrave.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Ned Higgins.
(d) Uncle Venner.

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

5. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?
(a) Preparing an elaborate meal.
(b) Digging through boxes in the attic.
(c) Planting new seeds in the garden.
(d) Packing to move away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Uncle Venner?

2. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?

4. What does Phoebe do for Hepzibah her first morning at the House?

5. What does Hepzibah mourn the loss of?

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