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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?
(a) Clifford Pyncheon.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Alice Pyncheon.
(d) Colonel Pyncheon.

2. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?
(a) To see if he can photograph Alice Pyncheon’s ghost.
(b) To measure the depth of the well.
(c) To determine the true age of the Colonel’s portrait.
(d) To see if the old seeds from the Colonel’s time will sprout.

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

4. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) The Judge.

5. What do Uncle Venner and Holgrave work on together?
(a) Reshingling the roof.
(b) Repairing the well.
(c) Laying down a new walkway.
(d) Renovating the summer house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holgrave writing?

2. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

3. What does Clifford claim he saw in the well?

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

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

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