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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) Salem Street.
(b) Pyncheon Street.
(c) Hawthorne Boulevard.
(d) Maule Avenue.

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

3. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?
(a) Move into the house.
(b) Take the portrait.
(c) Hire Holgrave.
(d) Talk to Clifford.

4. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?
(a) He becomes a judge.
(b) He becomes a preacher.
(c) He becomes a detective.
(d) He becomes an architect.

5. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?
(a) The sounds of voices and music.
(b) The scraping of moving furniture.
(c) The sound of mournful weeping.
(d) The growling of an animal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?

3. How did Matthew Maule die?

4. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

5. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

(see the answer key)

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