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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Holgrave?
(a) 22.
(b) 35.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

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

5. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?
(a) The owner's nephew.
(b) The owner's father.
(c) The owner's uncle.
(d) The owner's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children gather around the front steps of the House?

2. Where do the two locals who find something on the front steps of the House decide to take their discovery?

3. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?

4. What was Matthew Maule accused of?

5. How is Phoebe changing by the time she gains more free time?

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