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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hepzibah react to the Judge being at the House?
(a) She barrs him from entering the house.
(b) She warns him not to trust Phoebe.
(c) She pleads with him for money.
(d) She welcomes him with open arms.

2. What is just outside the House?
(a) A duck pond.
(b) An old elm tree.
(c) A streetlamp.
(d) A sign advertising the shop.

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

4. What does Phoebe find in the garden?
(a) A family of chickens.
(b) The bones of an animal.
(c) A broken down carriage.
(d) A packet of old documents.

5. Who built the House of Seven Gables?
(a) Ned Higgins.
(b) Matthew Maule’s son.
(c) Judge Pyncheon.
(d) Hawthorne's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hepzibah feel towards the Judge at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?

3. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?

4. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?

5. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

(see the answer key)

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