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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 is done to the portrait of the Colonel for Clifford's benefit?
(a) It is taken down.
(b) It is given to Clifford.
(c) It is covered with a cloth.
(d) It is placed up for auction.

2. What does Hepzibah beg Phoebe to do when someone comes to the shop window?
(a) Avoid Holgrave.
(b) Hide in the garden.
(c) Ignore the new guest.
(d) Be nothing but cheerful.

3. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?
(a) Fashionable and arrogant.
(b) Disciplined and religious.
(c) Rustic and pretty.
(d) Mannered and aristocratic.

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

5. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?
(a) Clifford Pyncheon was arrested.
(b) Alice Pyncheon ran away.
(c) Jaffrey Pyncheon sued for possession of the house.
(d) Colonel Pyncheon died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?

2. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?

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

4. How does Hepzibah react to the Judge being at the House?

5. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

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