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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Gervais Pyncheon?
(a) Clifford’s great uncle.
(b) A previous master of the house.
(c) An outcast from the Pyncheon family.
(d) A distant relation of the original Pyncheons.

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

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

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

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

6. 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 tries to jump from the window.
(d) He decides to run for office.

7. What happens to the mood in the House after Phoebe leaves?
(a) It does not change very much.
(b) It returns to its former gloom.
(c) It continues to become happier.
(d) It becomes too unbearable to live in it.

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

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

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

11. How does Holgrave view Phoebe’s influence on Clifford and Hepzibah?
(a) She has brought them back to life.
(b) She has taught them to love again.
(c) She is prolonging their despair.
(d) She tortures them with a youth that is lost to them.

12. What does Holgrave predict that people will stop doing?
(a) Painting portraits.
(b) Riding horses.
(c) Working for a living.
(d) Building houses.

13. What does Phoebe name the rooster?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Chanticleer.
(c) D'artagnan.
(d) Chillingworth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maule defy tradition when he comes to the House?

2. How does the atmosphere of the House influence Phoebe?

3. What sneaky thing does Maule do?

4. How does Clifford act when he appears again after his meeting with the Judge?

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

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