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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 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 takes inventory.
(c) She invites the Judge to tea.
(d) She sits down and weeps.

2. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?
(a) He becomes a judge.
(b) He becomes a detective.
(c) He becomes an architect.
(d) He becomes a preacher.

3. What is the legend about the well?
(a) That a strange treasure is hidden in it.
(b) That its waters have magical qualities.
(c) That Matthew Maule bewitched it.
(d) That Alice Pyncheon died in it.

4. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?
(a) Take over tending the garden.
(b) Have her portrait taken.
(c) Research the history of the house.
(d) Leave the house immediately.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

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

3. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?

4. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

5. What is on the roof of the House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

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

3. Explain who Clifford is and describe his homecoming.

4. Who is Hepzibah Pyncheon and why does she run a shop out of the house?

5. Describe how Phoebe comes to stay at the House.

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

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

8. What do Hepzibah's feelings towards the Judge seem to be?

9. What does the Judge try to do?

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

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