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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Maule offers to help Gervais in exchange for what?
(a) Clearing his grandfather’s name.
(b) The House of Seven Gables.
(c) Half the Pyncheons’ fortune
(d) Alice’s hand in marriage.

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

4. What does Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?
(a) A letter to future generations.
(b) Proof of Maule’s witchcraft.
(c) The original plans for the house.
(d) The lost deed to the land in Maine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Uncle Venner?

2. What does Phoebe take charge of upon arriving at the House?

3. Where does Phoebe start taking Clifford?

4. Which of the following best describes the Maules?

5. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?

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