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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Phoebe meet in the garden?
(a) Holgrave.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Uncle Venner.
(d) Ned Higgins.

2. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?
(a) They quietly resent one another.
(b) They hit it off immediately.
(c) They slowly develop a bond.
(d) They never quite trust each other.

3. How does Hepzibah feel towards the Judge at the beginning of the book?
(a) She relies on him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She pities him.

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

5. What does Gervais believe the builder must have known?
(a) The truth about old Matthew Maule.
(b) The location of the lost deed.
(c) The existence of a secret passage in the house.
(d) The secret at the bottom of the well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

2. What role does Phoebe take at the House?

3. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?

4. In what way does Maule hope that Alice can help him?

5. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?

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