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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?
(a) Move into the house.
(b) Take the portrait.
(c) Talk to Clifford.
(d) Hire Holgrave.

2. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
(a) Much better.
(b) Much worse.
(c) A little bit better.
(d) About the same.

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

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

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

6. How is Clifford related to Hepzibah?
(a) He is her brother.
(b) He is her husband.
(c) He is her son.
(d) He is her cousin.

7. What is on the roof of the House?
(a) A sun deck.
(b) A vegetable garden.
(c) A bed of posies.
(d) A chicken coop.

8. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?
(a) Research the history of the house.
(b) Leave the house immediately.
(c) Have her portrait taken.
(d) Take over tending the garden.

9. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cheer Hepzibah up.
(b) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.
(c) Buy the house from Hepzibah.
(d) Steal a valuable painting.

10. What recent addition has been made to the House?
(a) The shop window.
(b) The seventh gable.
(c) A new garden.
(d) A guest house.

11. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person is really a ghost.
(b) This person is not being honest with her.
(c) This person can only stay one night.
(d) This person can help her financially.

12. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?
(a) He is law-abiding and respectful.
(b) He associates with strange companions.
(c) He is shy and unobtrusive.
(d) He once tried to set the house on fire.

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

14. How is the story of the land dispute known?
(a) By town records.
(b) By Pyncheon’s autobiography.
(c) By local newspapers.
(d) By word of mouth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Holgrave suggest about the Judge?

3. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?

4. What did Colonel Pyncheon do during Maule’s execution?

5. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?

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