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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?
(a) He becomes a preacher.
(b) He becomes a detective.
(c) He becomes an architect.
(d) He becomes a judge.

2. What does Phoebe do for Hepzibah her first morning at the House?
(a) She pays Hepzibah's mortgage.
(b) She does Hepzibah's laundry.
(c) She makes her breakfast.
(d) She paints Hepzibah's portrait.

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

4. What recent addition has been made to the House?
(a) The shop window.
(b) A new garden.
(c) A guest house.
(d) The seventh gable.

5. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?
(a) Hire Holgrave.
(b) Talk to Clifford.
(c) Take the portrait.
(d) Move into the house.

6. Whom does the Judge remind Phoebe of?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon.
(b) Her father.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) Mr. Holgrave.

7. How is the story of the land dispute known?
(a) By local newspapers.
(b) By town records.
(c) By word of mouth.
(d) By Pyncheon’s autobiography.

8. What initial impression does Phoebe have of the Judge?
(a) He does not carry himself like a judge.
(b) He is a good and decent man.
(c) He has a dark and hidden nature.
(d) He looks exactly like Clifford.

9. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person is really a ghost.
(b) This person is not being honest with her.
(c) This person can only stay one night.
(d) This person can help her financially.

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

11. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Hepzibah’s son.
(b) Matthew Maule.
(c) Alice Pyncheon.
(d) Cousin Phoebe.

12. Who comes to the shop window after Phoebe has visited the garden the first time?
(a) The bill collector.
(b) The Judge.
(c) A line of customers.
(d) The fish dealer.

13. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?
(a) Research the history of the house.
(b) Have her portrait taken.
(c) Leave the house immediately.
(d) Take over tending the garden.

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

15. What was Matthew Maule accused of?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Witchcraft.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Adultery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Clifford related to Hepzibah?

2. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?

3. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

5. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?

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