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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?
(a) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.
(b) Researching who really killed his uncle.
(c) Looking for the lost deed.
(d) Running for political office.

2. What does Holgrave deduce at the end of the story that the Judge had done years before?
(a) Paid for the construction of the house.
(b) Written Phoebe into his will as the sole beneficiary.
(c) Hidden the deed himself so it would never be found.
(d) Framed Clifford for the murder of their uncle.

3. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
(a) A little bit better.
(b) About the same.
(c) Much better.
(d) Much worse.

4. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?
(a) The story of Alice Pyncheon.
(b) The history of Judge Pyncheon.
(c) The story of the Pyncheons and the Maules.
(d) The history of the town.

5. What development gives Phoebe more free time?
(a) The death of Uncle Venner.
(b) Clifford’s emotional recovery.
(c) The closure of the shop.
(d) Holgrave’s increased help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before helping Gervais, what does Maule insist on?

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

3. Who comes to the shop window after Phoebe has visited the garden the first time?

4. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?

5. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?

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