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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?
(a) Take over tending the garden.
(b) Research the history of the house.
(c) Have her portrait taken.
(d) Leave the house immediately.

3. How is Gervais Pyncheon related to Colonel Pyncheon?
(a) He is his grandson.
(b) He is his son.
(c) He is his nephew.
(d) He is his cousin.

4. Hepzibah is whose sister?
(a) Uncle Venner’s.
(b) Matthew Maule’s.
(c) The Judge’s.
(d) The convicted murderer’s.

5. What does Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?
(a) A letter to future generations.
(b) The original plans for the house.
(c) Proof of Maule’s witchcraft.
(d) The lost deed to the land in Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Venner always talking about?

2. What does Hepzibah do while Clifford talks to the Judge?

3. What role does Phoebe take at the House?

4. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?

5. What do Clifford and Hepzibah do after Clifford reappears following his meeting with the Judge?

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