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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which best describes Phoebe’s last conversation with Holgrave?
(a) They have an argument.
(b) Holgrave tells her to leave and not come back.
(c) They makes plans for the future.
(d) She leaves instructions for caring for Hepzibah and Clifford.

3. What does Clifford regularly ask about?
(a) How the shop is doing.
(b) What has happened while he was away.
(c) Which flowers are in bloom.
(d) Why Hepzibah disliks the Judge.

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

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

6. What does Hepzibah find when she goes to Clifford’s room after he has spoken with the Judge?
(a) Clifford is asleep.
(b) Clifford is gone.
(c) Clifford is very nervous.
(d) Clifford has fallen ill.

7. What does Clifford say when he and Hepzibah try to go to church?
(a) “We are ghosts.”
(b) “They won’t accept us.”
(c) “My prayers are worthless.”
(d) "I no longer believe.”

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

9. What does Clifford claim he saw in the well?
(a) A dark face staring back.
(b) A sealed box under the water.
(c) A ghostly image of the life he lost.
(d) His own face turned twisted and evil.

10. What role does Phoebe take at the House?
(a) She becomes a tour guide for guests to the house.
(b) She becomes a caretaker to Hepzibah and Clifford.
(c) She becomes the mediator between Hepzibah and Clifford.
(d) She becomes increasingly reclusive and hides in the attic.

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

12. What does the Judge reveal to Hepzibah during his visit following Phoebe's departure?
(a) He is terminally ill.
(b) He is really a Maule.
(c) He has secretly gone bankrupt.
(d) He had arranged Clifford’s release from prison.

13. What statement best describes Hepzibah’s appearance?
(a) She is a handsome and elegant woman.
(b) Her features are naturally stern and unattractive.
(c) She carefully maintains her former attractiveness.
(d) She has lost the great beauty of her youth.

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

15. What does Clifford disapprove of after visiting the arched windows?
(a) The way the world has changed.
(b) The time Phoebe spends with Holgrave.
(c) The unhappiness of the common people.
(d) The hypocrisy of the Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gervais believe the builder must have known?

2. What happens to the mood in the House after Phoebe leaves?

3. How old is Holgrave?

4. Which statement best describes the initial relationship between Hepzibah and Clifford?

5. Which statement best describes the relationship between Maule and Alice?

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