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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?
(a) A sensible, level-headed one is born.
(b) They suffer an unexpected financial loss.
(c) The patriarch dies of a mysterious death.
(d) There is a fire in the House.

2. What street is the House of Seven Gables on?
(a) Maule Avenue.
(b) Pyncheon Street.
(c) Hawthorne Boulevard.
(d) Salem Street.

3. What does Phoebe do that cheers Clifford the most?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Listens to his stories.
(c) Reads poetry.
(d) Talks.

4. Which of the following best describes the Maules?
(a) Religious.
(b) They practiced witchcraft.
(c) Hard working.
(d) Arrogant.

5. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Clifford Pyncheon.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) The Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is just outside the House?

2. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?

3. Who built the House of Seven Gables?

4. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?

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

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