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

2. 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.

3. What does young Matthew Maule do for a living?
(a) He owns a shipping company.
(b) He is a carpenter.
(c) He is a gardener.
(d) He is a lawyer.

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

5. Where do the chickens spend much of their time?
(a) Following Phoebe.
(b) Nesting in the summer house.
(c) Pecking at Clifford’s feet.
(d) Around Maule’s well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Phoebe start taking Clifford?

2. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?

3. What does Hepzibah find when she goes to Clifford’s room after he has spoken with the Judge?

4. What does Hepzibah do while Clifford talks to the Judge?

5. What does Phoebe name the rooster?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the Judge want from Clifford?

6. What did Maule do to Alice?

7. What happens during the political rally?

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

9. Why was the Judge finally successful at getting a meeting with Clifford?

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

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