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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the atmosphere of the House influence Phoebe?
(a) It makes her sadder by the day.
(b) It darkens her usually sunny disposition.
(c) It triggers her desire to escape.
(d) It amplifies her generally depressive nature.

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

4. What did Maule’s father do?
(a) He built the house.
(b) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(c) He sued the Pyncheon’s for return of their land.
(d) He managed the Pyncheon’s finances.

5. How is Phoebe changing by the time she gains more free time?
(a) She is being overcome with gloom.
(b) She is becoming more mature.
(c) She is losing patience more quickly.
(d) She is becoming more impulsive.

6. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?
(a) To see if he can photograph Alice Pyncheon’s ghost.
(b) To measure the depth of the well.
(c) To determine the true age of the Colonel’s portrait.
(d) To see if the old seeds from the Colonel’s time will sprout.

7. Where does Phoebe start taking Clifford?
(a) To the town square.
(b) To the arched window.
(c) To the waterfront.
(d) To the secret passage.

8. What development gives Phoebe more free time?
(a) The closure of the shop.
(b) Holgrave’s increased help.
(c) Clifford’s emotional recovery.
(d) The death of Uncle Venner.

9. Holgrave tells Phoebe which story?
(a) The story of Clifford’s conviction for murder.
(b) The story of his life before he became a daguerreotypist.
(c) The story of the Judge’s rise to prominence.
(d) The story of Matthew Maule and Colonel Pyncheon.

10. How does Maule defy tradition when he comes to the House?
(a) He kisses Mrs. Pyncheon on the cheek.
(b) He asks to be fed while he is there.
(c) He arrives without an invitation.
(d) He insists on entering through the front door.

11. What does Holgrave reveal about himself to Phoebe?
(a) That he had the powers of hypnotism.
(b) That he knows where the deed is hidden.
(c) That he is Hepzibah’s long-lost son.
(d) That he is going on a trip to Europe.

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

13. What is the Judge doing when Hepzibah finds him after his meeting with Clifford?
(a) Cooking a meal in the kitchen.
(b) Sitting motionless in a chair.
(c) Searching through Clifford’s papers.
(d) Digging a hole in the garden.

14. What does Clifford do when he sees the political rally?
(a) He turns away in disgust.
(b) He decides to run for office.
(c) He tries to jump from the window.
(d) He shouts insults at the candidates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before helping Gervais, what does Maule insist on?

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

3. How does Holgrave view Phoebe’s influence on Clifford and Hepzibah?

4. What does Clifford say he wanted back?

5. How is young Maule related to old Matthew Maule?

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