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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?
(a) They were habitual criminals.
(b) They spent too much time with the natives.
(c) They were rumored to practice witchcraft.
(d) They lived outside of town.

2. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?
(a) Call Hepzibah.
(b) Insist he stay for lunch.
(c) Leave the shop.
(d) Misjudge him.

3. For what crime has Clifford been convicted?
(a) Blasphemy against the church.
(b) Robbing the local bank.
(c) Murdering his uncle.
(d) Forging legal documents.

4. How did Matthew Maule die?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was hanged.
(c) He was drowned.
(d) He caught smallpox.

5. At the story’s opening, how many members of the Pyncheon family are left living?
(a) 1.
(b) 300.
(c) 4.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?

2. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?

3. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?

4. What did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?

5. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?

(see the answer key)

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