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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?
(a) The scraping of moving furniture.
(b) The growling of an animal.
(c) The sound of mournful weeping.
(d) The sounds of voices and music.

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

4. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?
(a) The story of his uncle’s murder.
(b) The story of Matthew Maule.
(c) The story of the House.
(d) The story of how he became a Judge.

5. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?
(a) They hit it off immediately.
(b) They slowly develop a bond.
(c) They quietly resent one another.
(d) They never quite trust each other.

6. What does Holgrave suggest about the Judge?
(a) He appeares cynical and jaded.
(b) He appeares pious and humble.
(c) He appeares capable of a great crime.
(d) He appeares charismatic and appealing.

7. What is Holgrave’s occupation?
(a) A hypnotist.
(b) A daguerreotypist.
(c) A real estate broker.
(d) A harpsichord tuner.

8. What is Clifford’s state of health?
(a) He is on death’s door.
(b) He has a contagious disease.
(c) He is strong and vital.
(d) He is old and frail.

9. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.
(b) Cheer Hepzibah up.
(c) Steal a valuable painting.
(d) Buy the house from Hepzibah.

10. How did Matthew Maule die?
(a) He was drowned.
(b) He caught smallpox.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was hanged.

11. 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.

12. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?
(a) Carry her shopping bags.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Convince her to leave.
(d) Avoid her.

13. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?
(a) Holgrave.
(b) Colonel Pyncheon.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Matthew Maule.

14. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Clifford Pyncheon.
(d) The Judge.

15. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?
(a) If Alice had chosen to study abroad.
(b) If Colonel Pyncheon had lived.
(c) If the shop window had never been installed in the House.
(d) If Clifford had been acquitted of murder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?

3. How is the story of the land dispute known?

4. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?

5. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?

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