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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Holgrave?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 35.
(d) 24.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What sneaky thing does Maule do?
(a) He attacks Gervais.
(b) He poisons the well.
(c) He removes the floorboards.
(d) He hypnotizes Alice.

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

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

12. 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.

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

14. What does Phoebe do that cheers Clifford the most?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Talks.
(c) Reads poetry.
(d) Listens to his stories.

15. With her new free time, Phoebe is spending more time with whom?
(a) Uncle Venner.
(b) Ned Higgins.
(c) The Judge.
(d) Holgrave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clifford say he wanted back?

2. What does Clifford say when he and Hepzibah try to go to church?

3. What does Phoebe tell Holgrave after he reads her his story?

4. Where does Phoebe go when she leaves the House?

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

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