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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the story of the land dispute known?
(a) By local newspapers.
(b) By town records.
(c) By word of mouth.
(d) By Pyncheon’s autobiography.

3. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person is really a ghost.
(b) This person can help her financially.
(c) This person can only stay one night.
(d) This person is not being honest with her.

4. How did Matthew Maule die?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He caught smallpox.
(c) He was drowned.
(d) He was hanged.

5. What did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?
(a) A fleet of fishing boats.
(b) A safe full of money.
(c) The House of Seven Gables.
(d) The deed to a valuable property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street is the House of Seven Gables on?

2. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?

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

4. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?

5. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?

(see the answer key)

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