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

2. Who is Uncle Venner?
(a) Holgrave’s employer.
(b) The Pyncheon’s lawyer.
(c) A kindly neighbor.
(d) Hepzibah’s uncle.

3. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?
(a) Hair falling out.
(b) Drooling blood.
(c) Eyes turning white.
(d) Shriveling skin.

4. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
(a) A little bit better.
(b) About the same.
(c) Much better.
(d) Much worse.

5. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon.
(d) Holgrave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?

2. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Hepzibah do after she opens the shop for the day at the beginning of the novel?

4. Hepzibah is whose sister?

5. What is on the roof of the House?

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