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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 street is the House of Seven Gables on?
(a) Pyncheon Street.
(b) Maule Avenue.
(c) Salem Street.
(d) Hawthorne Boulevard.

2. What did Maule do just before his death?
(a) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(b) He spat up blood.
(c) He poisoned his well.
(d) He hypnotized his daughter.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?

2. Who built the House of Seven Gables?

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

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

5. What was Matthew Maule accused of?

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