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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. Why does the Judge come to the house after Phoebe has left?
(a) To offer Hepzibah more money.
(b) To talk to Clifford.
(c) To see Holgrave.
(d) To seize ownership of the house.

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

3. What does the Judge reveal to Hepzibah during his visit following Phoebe's departure?
(a) He had arranged Clifford’s release from prison.
(b) He is really a Maule.
(c) He is terminally ill.
(d) He has secretly gone bankrupt.

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

5. What uncharacteristic thing does Clifford decide to do one day?
(a) Blow soap bubbles out the window.
(b) Confront the Judge.
(c) Write a book about the Pyncheons.
(d) Ask Holgrave to teach him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Phoebe while Holgrave is reading his story?

2. What does Gervais believe the builder must have known?

3. How is Phoebe changing by the time she gains more free time?

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

5. What does Clifford say he wanted back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hepzibah find in the parlor?

2. What does Holgrave offer to read to Phoebe?

3. What did Maule do to Alice?

4. Maule agreed to help Gervais under two conditions. What were they?

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

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

7. What does the Judge want from Clifford?

8. How is Clifford's homecoming both bitter and sweet?

9. What did Phoebe do and what was the impact on the mood of the House?

10. What happened to Phoebe while Holgrave had been reading, and how did Holgrave account for it?

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