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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?
(a) He becomes a detective.
(b) He becomes an architect.
(c) He becomes a judge.
(d) He becomes a preacher.

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

4. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?
(a) If Colonel Pyncheon had lived.
(b) If the shop window had never been installed in the House.
(c) If Clifford had been acquitted of murder.
(d) If Alice had chosen to study abroad.

5. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?
(a) A sensible, level-headed one is born.
(b) There is a fire in the House.
(c) They suffer an unexpected financial loss.
(d) The patriarch dies of a mysterious death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?

3. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

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

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

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