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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 did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?
(a) A fleet of fishing boats.
(b) The House of Seven Gables.
(c) The deed to a valuable property.
(d) A safe full of money.

2. What threat does the Judge make?
(a) He could withhold any more financial help.
(b) He could force her to close down her shop.
(c) He could send Clifford back to prison.
(d) He could take possession of the house.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holgrave writing?

2. What is Clifford’s state of health?

3. Holgrave tells Phoebe which story?

4. Where does Phoebe start taking Clifford?

5. What does the Judge believe Clifford can help him with?

(see the answer key)

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