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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What does Phoebe find in the garden?
(a) A family of chickens.
(b) A broken down carriage.
(c) A packet of old documents.
(d) The bones of an animal.

7. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?
(a) He is shocked and surprised.
(b) He fears it is a dream.
(c) He acts as if he is entitled to it.
(d) He seems completely indifferent.

8. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?
(a) They quietly resent one another.
(b) They hit it off immediately.
(c) They slowly develop a bond.
(d) They never quite trust each other.

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

10. 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.

11. What is on the roof of the House?
(a) A bed of posies.
(b) A vegetable garden.
(c) A chicken coop.
(d) A sun deck.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Uncle Venner?

2. What does Phoebe’s window look down on?

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

4. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?

5. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?

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