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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Clifford want to hold the roses?
(a) So he can feel the thorns.
(b) So he can confirm their reality.
(c) So he can smell the blossom.
(d) So he can offer them to Phoebe.

4. What does young Matthew Maule do for a living?
(a) He owns a shipping company.
(b) He is a gardener.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a carpenter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?

2. How does the atmosphere of the House influence Phoebe?

3. What happens to the mood in the House after Phoebe leaves?

4. What is done to the portrait of the Colonel for Clifford's benefit?

5. Why does the Judge come to the house after Phoebe has left?

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