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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?
(a) Advice from Uncle Venner.
(b) Financial support from the Judge.
(c) A gift from Holgrave.
(d) Disrespect from Ned Higgins.

2. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?
(a) He closes down the shop.
(b) He writes a letter to the Judge.
(c) He falls asleep in his chair.
(d) He takes a walk around town.

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

4. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?
(a) She wants something to fill the time.
(b) She wants to give Clifford a job.
(c) She needs the money.
(d) She hops that Holgrave would manage it.

5. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?
(a) Carry her shopping bags.
(b) Convince her to leave.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Avoid her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Phoebe take charge of upon arriving at the House?

3. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?

4. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?

5. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?

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