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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?
(a) Alice Pyncheon ran away.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon was arrested.
(c) Jaffrey Pyncheon sued for possession of the house.
(d) Colonel Pyncheon died.

2. What initial impression does Phoebe have of the Judge?
(a) He does not carry himself like a judge.
(b) He has a dark and hidden nature.
(c) He looks exactly like Clifford.
(d) He is a good and decent man.

3. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cousin Phoebe.
(b) Matthew Maule.
(c) Alice Pyncheon.
(d) Hepzibah’s son.

4. What did Maule do just before his death?
(a) He spat up blood.
(b) He hypnotized his daughter.
(c) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(d) He poisoned his well.

5. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?
(a) A shop assistant.
(b) Alice’s ghost.
(c) Hepzibah’s daughter.
(d) A customer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?

2. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?

3. Whom does the Judge remind Phoebe of?

4. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?

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