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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 street is the House of Seven Gables on?
(a) Hawthorne Boulevard.
(b) Salem Street.
(c) Maule Avenue.
(d) Pyncheon Street.

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

3. How does the Judge respond to Phoebe’s rebuff?
(a) He grows angry and abusive.
(b) He smiles and laughes it off.
(c) He is openly disappointed.
(d) He is mildly puzzled.

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

5. What did Maule do just before his death?
(a) He hypnotized his daughter.
(b) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(c) He poisoned his well.
(d) He spat up blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?

2. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?

4. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?

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