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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Hepzibah is whose sister?
(a) The Judge’s.
(b) The convicted murderer’s.
(c) Uncle Venner’s.
(d) Matthew Maule’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Uncle Venner?

2. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?

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

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

5. What was Matthew Maule accused of?

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