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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Judge believe Clifford can help him with?
(a) Recovering the missing deed.
(b) Talking Hepzibah into moving out.
(c) Obtaining information about Holgrave.
(d) Supporting his political campaign.

3. In Chapter 13, the action flashes back to a story about whom?
(a) Old Matthew Maule.
(b) Colonel Pyncheon.
(c) Alice Pyncheon.
(d) Old Jaffrey Pyncheon.

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

5. 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 going to talk to the Judge.
(d) She is not who she says she is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clifford react every time he hears the train engines?

2. What does Clifford do when he sees the political rally?

3. What does Clifford claim he saw in the well?

4. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?

5. What does Clifford disapprove of after visiting the arched windows?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Holgrave's attitudes towards society and tradition.

2. What does Hepzibah find in the parlor?

3. How was young Matthew Maule already connected to the story of the House?

4. How do Clifford and Hepzibah get along once Clifford is home?

5. How has Clifford's behavior changed when he comes back?

6. What childish impulse does Clifford give in to and who witnesses it?

7. What happens to cause Phoebe to have more leisure time, and how does she spend it?

8. What are some of the things Clifford watches from the arched window, and how does he react to what he sees?

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

10. Describe what life is like for the four residents of the House.

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