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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phoebe do for Hepzibah her first morning at the House?
(a) She does Hepzibah's laundry.
(b) She paints Hepzibah's portrait.
(c) She pays Hepzibah's mortgage.
(d) She makes her breakfast.

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

4. Who built the House of Seven Gables?
(a) Matthew Maule’s son.
(b) Hawthorne's grandfather.
(c) Judge Pyncheon.
(d) Ned Higgins.

5. What is just outside the House?
(a) A streetlamp.
(b) A duck pond.
(c) An old elm tree.
(d) A sign advertising the shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

2. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?

3. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?

4. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

5. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?

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