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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Maule hope that Alice can help him?
(a) By acting as a medium to talk to the dead.
(b) By ending the long feud between the families.
(c) By helping Maule search the house.
(d) By spying on the rest of the Pyncheon family.

2. What happens to Phoebe while Holgrave is reading his story?
(a) She becomes very agitated.
(b) She becomes suddenly ill.
(c) She becomes hypnotized.
(d) She falls asleep.

3. Which statement best describes the relationship between Maule and Alice?
(a) Maule has her under his complete control.
(b) They live happily together until they die.
(c) They conspire to steal the Pyncheons’ fortune.
(d) Alice loves Maule from afar.

4. Who did some construction work on the house the day the Colonel died?
(a) Maule’s father.
(b) Maule’s grandfather.
(c) Maule’s uncle.
(d) Maule’s cousin.

5. What is Holgrave writing?
(a) His autobiography.
(b) A history of the Pyncheons.
(c) A book about daguerreotypes.
(d) A novel about the house.

6. How does Phoebe’s presence influence Clifford?
(a) She makes him feel young again.
(b) She relieves his depression.
(c) She makes him suspicious.
(d) She deepens his sadness.

7. How does Hepzibah try to cheer Clifford up?
(a) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.
(b) Reading from his favorite books.
(c) Cooking his favorite meals
(d) Taking him on walks in the sunshine.

8. What is on Gervais’ desk during the meeting with Maule?
(a) A picture of his dead wife.
(b) A family history of the Maules.
(c) An old surveyor’s map.
(d) The original plans for the house.

9. What does the Judge believe Clifford can help him with?
(a) Talking Hepzibah into moving out.
(b) Supporting his political campaign.
(c) Obtaining information about Holgrave.
(d) Recovering the missing deed.

10. What does Clifford enjoy watching from the arched windows?
(a) The trains coming in and out of the station.
(b) The neighborhood kids playing stick-ball in the street.
(c) The comings and goings of Alice's ghost.
(d) The barrel-organ player with his dancing monkey.

11. What does Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?
(a) The lost deed to the land in Maine.
(b) Proof of Maule’s witchcraft.
(c) The original plans for the house.
(d) A letter to future generations.

12. How is Gervais Pyncheon related to Colonel Pyncheon?
(a) He is his grandson.
(b) He is his nephew.
(c) He is his cousin.
(d) He is his son.

13. What does Clifford say he wanted back?
(a) His youth.
(b) His happines.
(c) His fortune.
(d) His mind.

14. Which statement best describes the initial relationship between Hepzibah and Clifford?
(a) They quietly distrust each other.
(b) They attempt to bond without luck.
(c) They try to make up for lost time.
(d) They want nothing to do with each other.

15. What eventually drives Alice to her death?
(a) A form of madness that runs in the family.
(b) Maule’s unrelenting domination of her.
(c) Her broken heart over losing Maule.
(d) Her obsession with finding the deed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maule’s father do?

2. What statement best describes Hepzibah’s appearance?

3. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?

4. Where do the residents of the House begin to spend more time after Phoebe settles in?

5. What does Hepzibah do while Clifford talks to the Judge?

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