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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?
(a) To write a book about her.
(b) To read a portion of his book to her.
(c) To take her out to dinner.
(d) To teach her his profession.

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

5. Why does Clifford want to hold the roses?
(a) So he can smell the blossom.
(b) So he can confirm their reality.
(c) So he can feel the thorns.
(d) So he can offer them to Phoebe.

6. What is Uncle Venner always talking about?
(a) Alice’s ghost.
(b) His ill health.
(c) Retiring to his farm.
(d) His long-lost nephew.

7. Where do the residents of the House begin to spend more time after Phoebe settles in?
(a) The shop.
(b) The garden.
(c) The parlor.
(d) The summer house.

8. Where does Phoebe go when she leaves the House?
(a) To stay at an inn.
(b) To live with the Judge.
(c) Up to Maine.
(d) Back home.

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

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

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

12. What do Uncle Venner and Holgrave work on together?
(a) Laying down a new walkway.
(b) Reshingling the roof.
(c) Renovating the summer house.
(d) Repairing the well.

13. 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.

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

15. 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 increasingly reclusive and hides in the attic.
(d) She becomes the mediator between Hepzibah and Clifford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holgrave writing?

2. What does Phoebe name the rooster?

3. What does the Judge believe Clifford can help him with?

4. What does Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?

5. What is the Judge doing when Hepzibah finds him after his meeting with Clifford?

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