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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?
(a) Colorful and elaborate.
(b) Sharp and stylish.
(c) Pale and worn out.
(d) Dark and somber.

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

4. 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.

5. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The arrival of someone very important to her.
(b) Someone to make an offer to buy the House.
(c) The flowers in the garden to bloom.
(d) A delivery that was three days late.

6. What is Clifford’s state of health?
(a) He is on death’s door.
(b) He is strong and vital.
(c) He is old and frail.
(d) He has a contagious disease.

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

8. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?
(a) The history of the town.
(b) The story of Alice Pyncheon.
(c) The history of Judge Pyncheon.
(d) The story of the Pyncheons and the Maules.

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

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

11. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?
(a) A customer.
(b) Alice’s ghost.
(c) Hepzibah’s daughter.
(d) A shop assistant.

12. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?
(a) He associates with strange companions.
(b) He is law-abiding and respectful.
(c) He once tried to set the house on fire.
(d) He is shy and unobtrusive.

13. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?
(a) Disrespect from Ned Higgins.
(b) Financial support from the Judge.
(c) A gift from Holgrave.
(d) Advice from Uncle Venner.

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

15. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cheer Hepzibah up.
(b) Steal a valuable painting.
(c) Buy the house from Hepzibah.
(d) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe do for Hepzibah her first morning at the House?

2. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?

3. How does Clifford react to the portrait of the Colonel?

4. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?

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

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