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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 did Holgrave show Phoebe?
(a) A secret passage inside the house.
(b) An old scrapbook.
(c) The flowers on the roof.
(d) A photo of the Judge.

2. 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 takes inventory.
(d) She invites the Judge to tea.

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

4. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Hepzibah’s son.
(c) Cousin Phoebe.
(d) Alice Pyncheon.

5. How is the story of the land dispute known?
(a) By local newspapers.
(b) By word of mouth.
(c) By town records.
(d) By Pyncheon’s autobiography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?

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

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

4. Who built the House of Seven Gables?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the Maules like as a family?

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

5. What did Maule do right before he died?

6. Explain who Clifford is and describe his homecoming.

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

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

9. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

10. What does the Judge try to do?

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