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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 happens to the Judge at the end of the story?
(a) He finds the deed and moves to Maine.
(b) He dies in the same way as Colonel Pyncheon.
(c) He inherits the house.
(d) He is elected to office.

2. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?
(a) He is shocked and surprised.
(b) He seems completely indifferent.
(c) He fears it is a dream.
(d) He acts as if he is entitled to it.

3. What is the weather like when Clifford and Hepzibah leave the house?
(a) Cool and crisp.
(b) Unbearably hot.
(c) Dark and stormy.
(d) Unseasonably cold.

4. Who comes in and gathers around the Colonel’s portrait while the Judge remains seated in the dark?
(a) The Maules.
(b) Ned Higgins and his friends.
(c) A group of ghosts.
(d) Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Hepzibah has hired him.
(b) He wants to buy something.
(c) He rents a room there.
(d) He is making a delivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a secret compartment found in the house?

2. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?

3. Who is Uncle Venner?

4. What is found in the secret compartment?

5. What did Maule’s father do?

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