2. What does Holgrave value?
(a) The stability and traditions of the past.
(b) What is new and fleeting in the world.
(c) The work ethic of the common man.
(d) The opinions and attitudes of high society.

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

4. What does Maule tell Gervais?
(a) The house is haunted.
(b) That Pyncheon could keep his house.
(c) The deed has been destroyed.
(d) His grandfather is really guilty.

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

6. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?
(a) Researching who really killed his uncle.
(b) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.
(c) Running for political office.
(d) Looking for the lost deed.

7. How does Clifford act when he appears again after his meeting with the Judge?
(a) Excited and energized.
(b) Frightened and shaking.
(c) Angry and resentful.
(d) Old and weak.

8. How is young Maule related to old Matthew Maule?
(a) He is his nephew.
(b) He is his grandson.
(c) He is his cousin.
(d) He is his son.

9. What does Hepzibah do while Clifford talks to the Judge?
(a) She talks with Holgrave.
(b) She writes a letter to Phoebe.
(c) She sweeps the floor in the shop.
(d) She sits and watches the street.

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

11. What does Holgrave consider oppressive?
(a) The mood of the house.
(b) The uncertain future.
(c) The expectations of society.
(d) The unchanging past.

12. Which best describes the Judge’s treatment of Clifford?
(a) Respectful.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Careful.
(d) Disdainful.

13. How does Clifford react every time he hears the train engines?
(a) As if they trigger a painful memory.
(b) As if he wants to ride away on one.
(c) As if he has never heard them before.
(d) As if he does not hear it at all.

14. What does Phoebe tell Holgrave after he reads her his story?
(a) She is going to talk to the Judge.
(b) She is not who she says she is.
(c) She is to return home for a while.
(d) She is secretly in love with him.

15. What does Hepzibah mourn the loss of?
(a) The presence of their uncle.
(b) Phoebe’s coming departure.
(c) The years Clifford’s incarceration cost them.
(d) Her lost youth and beauty.