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

2. What was Matthew Maule accused of?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Stealing.

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

4. How did Matthew Maule die?
(a) He caught smallpox.
(b) He was drowned.
(c) He was hanged.
(d) He was shot.

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Hepzibah has hired him.
(b) He rents a room there.
(c) He is making a delivery.
(d) He wants to buy something.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the story of the land dispute known?

2. Who built the House of Seven Gables?

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

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

5. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

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