2. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?
(a) Leave the shop.
(b) Misjudge him.
(c) Call Hepzibah.
(d) Insist he stay for lunch.

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

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

5. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?
(a) Digging through boxes in the attic.
(b) Planting new seeds in the garden.
(c) Packing to move away.
(d) Preparing an elaborate meal.

6. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?
(a) Alice Pyncheon ran away.
(b) Colonel Pyncheon died.
(c) Jaffrey Pyncheon sued for possession of the house.
(d) Clifford Pyncheon was arrested.

7. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?
(a) He is law-abiding and respectful.
(b) He is shy and unobtrusive.
(c) He associates with strange companions.
(d) He once tried to set the house on fire.

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

9. Which of the following best describes the Maules?
(a) Religious.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) They practiced witchcraft.
(d) Hard working.

10. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?
(a) They were habitual criminals.
(b) They lived outside of town.
(c) They spent too much time with the natives.
(d) They were rumored to practice witchcraft.

11. What is just outside the House?
(a) A sign advertising the shop.
(b) A duck pond.
(c) An old elm tree.
(d) A streetlamp.

12. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?
(a) Mannered and aristocratic.
(b) Disciplined and religious.
(c) Fashionable and arrogant.
(d) Rustic and pretty.

13. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?
(a) He takes a walk around town.
(b) He closes down the shop.
(c) He writes a letter to the Judge.
(d) He falls asleep in his chair.

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

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