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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hepzibah try to cheer Clifford up?
(a) Taking him on walks in the sunshine.
(b) Reading from his favorite books.
(c) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.
(d) Cooking his favorite meals

2. How does Clifford say he feels after he and Hepzibah leave the house?
(a) He wants to go back home.
(b) He feels as if he has never left prison.
(c) He has never felt so exhausted.
(d) He is truly awake for the first time.

3. In Chapter 13, the action flashes back to a story about whom?
(a) Old Matthew Maule.
(b) Old Jaffrey Pyncheon.
(c) Alice Pyncheon.
(d) Colonel Pyncheon.

4. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A delivery that was three days late.
(b) The flowers in the garden to bloom.
(c) The arrival of someone very important to her.
(d) Someone to make an offer to buy the House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Phoebe take at the House?

2. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?

3. What threat does the Judge make?

4. Which best describes Phoebe’s last conversation with Holgrave?

5. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?

(see the answer key)

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