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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?
(a) They were rumored to practice witchcraft.
(b) They were habitual criminals.
(c) They lived outside of town.
(d) They spent too much time with the natives.

2. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?
(a) They descended into corruption and avarice.
(b) They became very religious and charitable.
(c) They moved to Maine and started new lives.
(d) They rebuilt their fortune with grit and determination.

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

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

5. What did Colonel Pyncheon do during Maule’s execution?
(a) He drew up the plans for the House of Seven Gables.
(b) He stood up close so he could look into Maule’s eyes.
(c) He watched from horseback in the distance.
(d) He left town on a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

2. Hepzibah is whose sister?

3. What is just outside the House?

4. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?

5. What did Maule do just before his death?

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