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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 is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?
(a) It originally belonged to a famous composer.
(b) It is said to occasionally play itself.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon died while playing it.
(d) It is the first one ever built.

2. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Carry her shopping bags.
(c) Convince her to leave.
(d) Avoid her.

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

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

5. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Steal a valuable painting.
(b) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.
(c) Buy the house from Hepzibah.
(d) Cheer Hepzibah up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?

2. Whom does the Judge remind Phoebe of?

3. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?

4. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?

5. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

(see the answer key)

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