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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?
(a) A pound of meat.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Flour.

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

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

5. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?
(a) If Alice had chosen to study abroad.
(b) If the shop window had never been installed in the House.
(c) If Colonel Pyncheon had lived.
(d) If Clifford had been acquitted of murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?

2. What recent addition has been made to the House?

3. For what crime has Clifford been convicted?

4. Hepzibah is whose sister?

5. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Colonel's death, what happened to the Pyncheon family?

2. Who is Phoebe and how does Hepzibah react to her arrival?

3. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

4. Describe some of the "eerie" qualities of the House.

5. Who built the House of the Seven Gables? Why is this ironic?

6. Describe Phoebe's first encounter with the Judge.

7. Describe the Puritan-era legal battle over the land the house sits on.

8. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

9. How would you describe the House of Seven Gables?

10. Describe Phoebe's first visit to the garden.

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