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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Phoebe take at the House?
(a) She becomes a tour guide for guests to the house.
(b) She becomes the mediator between Hepzibah and Clifford.
(c) She becomes increasingly reclusive and hides in the attic.
(d) She becomes a caretaker to Hepzibah and Clifford.

2. What is on Gervais’ desk during the meeting with Maule?
(a) A picture of his dead wife.
(b) The original plans for the house.
(c) A family history of the Maules.
(d) An old surveyor’s map.

3. What threat does the Judge make?
(a) He could send Clifford back to prison.
(b) He could withhold any more financial help.
(c) He could take possession of the house.
(d) He could force her to close down her shop.

4. How old is Holgrave?
(a) 35.
(b) 18.
(c) 24.
(d) 22.

5. What does Hepzibah find when she goes to Clifford’s room after he has spoken with the Judge?
(a) Clifford has fallen ill.
(b) Clifford is asleep.
(c) Clifford is gone.
(d) Clifford is very nervous.

6. What does young Matthew Maule do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He owns a shipping company.
(c) He is a carpenter.
(d) He is a gardener.

7. How is young Maule related to old Matthew Maule?
(a) He is his grandson.
(b) He is his son.
(c) He is his nephew.
(d) He is his cousin.

8. What sneaky thing does Maule do?
(a) He poisons the well.
(b) He hypnotizes Alice.
(c) He attacks Gervais.
(d) He removes the floorboards.

9. What happens to the mood in the House after Phoebe leaves?
(a) It returns to its former gloom.
(b) It does not change very much.
(c) It continues to become happier.
(d) It becomes too unbearable to live in it.

10. What does Clifford claim he saw in the well?
(a) A sealed box under the water.
(b) His own face turned twisted and evil.
(c) A dark face staring back.
(d) A ghostly image of the life he lost.

11. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?
(a) Looking for the lost deed.
(b) Running for political office.
(c) Researching who really killed his uncle.
(d) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.

12. What does Clifford say when he and Hepzibah try to go to church?
(a) “They won’t accept us.”
(b) "I no longer believe.”
(c) “My prayers are worthless.”
(d) “We are ghosts.”

13. How does Clifford act when he appears again after his meeting with the Judge?
(a) Angry and resentful.
(b) Old and weak.
(c) Excited and energized.
(d) Frightened and shaking.

14. Which best describes Phoebe’s last conversation with Holgrave?
(a) Holgrave tells her to leave and not come back.
(b) She leaves instructions for caring for Hepzibah and Clifford.
(c) They have an argument.
(d) They makes plans for the future.

15. With her new free time, Phoebe is spending more time with whom?
(a) Uncle Venner.
(b) Holgrave.
(c) Ned Higgins.
(d) The Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Phoebe while Holgrave is reading his story?

2. Where do the residents of the House begin to spend more time after Phoebe settles in?

3. What does Maule tell Gervais?

4. What did Maule’s father do?

5. What does Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?

(see the answer keys)

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