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

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

3. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?
(a) Talk to Clifford.
(b) Move into the house.
(c) Take the portrait.
(d) Hire Holgrave.

4. What does Phoebe take charge of upon arriving at the House?
(a) Running the shop.
(b) Maintaining the house.
(c) Handling Hepzibah’s finances.
(d) Tending the garden.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?

2. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?

3. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?

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

5. Why is Holgrave at the house at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

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

3. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

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

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

6. What were the Maules like as a family?

7. Describe the events surrounding the murder that was committed 30 years before the start of the story.

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

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

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

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