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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) A little bit better.
(b) About the same.
(c) Much worse.
(d) Much better.

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

3. Which of the following best describes the Maules?
(a) They practiced witchcraft.
(b) Religious.
(c) Hard working.
(d) Arrogant.

4. What does Hepzibah do after she opens the shop for the day at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She takes inventory.
(b) She takes a break in the garden.
(c) She invites the Judge to tea.
(d) She sits down and weeps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

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

3. What is on the roof of the House?

4. How did Matthew Maule die?

5. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

(see the answer key)

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