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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the roof of the House?
(a) A bed of posies.
(b) A sun deck.
(c) A vegetable garden.
(d) A chicken coop.

2. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The flowers in the garden to bloom.
(b) Someone to make an offer to buy the House.
(c) The arrival of someone very important to her.
(d) A delivery that was three days late.

3. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Hepzibah’s son.
(c) Cousin Phoebe.
(d) Alice Pyncheon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What recent addition has been made to the House?

3. What did Colonel Pyncheon do during Maule’s execution?

4. What did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?

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

(see the answer key)

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