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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Holgrave so concerned about the absence of Clifford and Hepzibah when Phoebe returns?
(a) It means that he has misjudged their character.
(b) It means he might have to move out.
(c) Clifford might be a suspect in the Judge’s death.
(d) He fears something terrible might happen to them.

3. How does Clifford react to the portrait of the Colonel?
(a) He cannot look at it.
(b) He admires its artistry.
(c) He thinks he has seen the man before.
(d) He remembers that he had painted it.

4. Who is Uncle Venner?
(a) The Pyncheon’s lawyer.
(b) A kindly neighbor.
(c) Hepzibah’s uncle.
(d) Holgrave’s employer.

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) He rents a room there.
(b) Hepzibah has hired him.
(c) He wants to buy something.
(d) He is making a delivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Phoebe take at the House?

2. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?

3. Back at the House, while Clifford and Hepzibah are leaving town, what is the Judge doing?

4. Why do the children gather around the front steps of the House?

5. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

(see the answer key)

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