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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?
(a) He writes a letter to the Judge.
(b) He takes a walk around town.
(c) He closes down the shop.
(d) He falls asleep in his chair.

2. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) Holgrave.

3. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?
(a) Judge Pyncheon.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon.
(d) Alice Pyncheon.

4. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?
(a) The history of the town.
(b) The story of the Pyncheons and the Maules.
(c) The story of Alice Pyncheon.
(d) The history of Judge Pyncheon.

5. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?
(a) The owner's nephew.
(b) The owner's uncle.
(c) The owner's brother.
(d) The owner's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?

3. How did Matthew Maule die?

4. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?

5. What is the legend about the well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Phoebe's first encounter with the Judge.

2. Who is Phoebe and how does Hepzibah react to her arrival?

3. After the Colonel's death, what happened to the Pyncheon family?

4. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

5. What do Hepzibah's feelings towards the Judge seem to be?

6. Describe the Puritan-era legal battle over the land the house sits on.

7. Describe how Phoebe comes to stay at the House.

8. Who is Hepzibah Pyncheon and why does she run a shop out of the house?

9. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

10. Explain who Clifford is and describe his homecoming.

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