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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 recent addition has been made to the House?
(a) The seventh gable.
(b) A guest house.
(c) The shop window.
(d) A new garden.

2. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon died.
(b) Alice Pyncheon ran away.
(c) Jaffrey Pyncheon sued for possession of the house.
(d) Clifford Pyncheon was arrested.

3. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?
(a) He falls asleep in his chair.
(b) He takes a walk around town.
(c) He closes down the shop.
(d) He writes a letter to the Judge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done to the portrait of the Colonel for Clifford's benefit?

2. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?

3. What does Holgrave suggest about the Judge?

4. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain who Clifford is and describe his homecoming.

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

3. What did Maule do right before he died?

4. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

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

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

7. What does the Judge try to do?

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

9. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

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

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