View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?
(a) The deed to a valuable property.
(b) The House of Seven Gables.
(c) A safe full of money.
(d) A fleet of fishing boats.

2. What initial impression does Phoebe have of the Judge?
(a) He does not carry himself like a judge.
(b) He has a dark and hidden nature.
(c) He is a good and decent man.
(d) He looks exactly like Clifford.

3. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?
(a) They were habitual criminals.
(b) They spent too much time with the natives.
(c) They lived outside of town.
(d) They were rumored to practice witchcraft.

4. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Hepzibah has hired him.
(b) He is making a delivery.
(c) He wants to buy something.
(d) He rents a room there.

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

6. Who is Uncle Venner?
(a) Holgrave’s employer.
(b) A kindly neighbor.
(c) Hepzibah’s uncle.
(d) The Pyncheon’s lawyer.

7. What recent addition has been made to the House?
(a) The shop window.
(b) The seventh gable.
(c) A new garden.
(d) A guest house.

8. How does Hepzibah feel towards the Judge at the beginning of the book?
(a) She pities him.
(b) She relies on him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She hates him.

9. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?
(a) The owner's brother.
(b) The owner's nephew.
(c) The owner's uncle.
(d) The owner's father.

10. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?
(a) Digging through boxes in the attic.
(b) Preparing an elaborate meal.
(c) Planting new seeds in the garden.
(d) Packing to move away.

11. Who comes to the shop window after Phoebe has visited the garden the first time?
(a) A line of customers.
(b) The Judge.
(c) The fish dealer.
(d) The bill collector.

12. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?
(a) Holgrave.
(b) Matthew Maule.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

13. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
(a) Much worse.
(b) Much better.
(c) About the same.
(d) A little bit better.

14. 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.

15. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person can help her financially.
(b) This person can only stay one night.
(c) This person is not being honest with her.
(d) This person is really a ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

2. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?

3. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?

4. What is just outside the House?

5. What does Hepzibah beg Phoebe to do when someone comes to the shop window?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 548 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample