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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 Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?
(a) The original plans for the house.
(b) Proof of Maule’s witchcraft.
(c) The lost deed to the land in Maine.
(d) A letter to future generations.

2. Maule offers to help Gervais in exchange for what?
(a) Alice’s hand in marriage.
(b) The House of Seven Gables.
(c) Clearing his grandfather’s name.
(d) Half the Pyncheons’ fortune

3. What does young Matthew Maule do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He owns a shipping company.
(c) He is a carpenter.
(d) He is a gardener.

4. What role does Phoebe take at the House?
(a) She becomes increasingly reclusive and hides in the attic.
(b) She becomes the mediator between Hepzibah and Clifford.
(c) She becomes a tour guide for guests to the house.
(d) She becomes a caretaker to Hepzibah and Clifford.

5. What does Clifford disapprove of after visiting the arched windows?
(a) The hypocrisy of the Judge.
(b) The way the world has changed.
(c) The time Phoebe spends with Holgrave.
(d) The unhappiness of the common people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hepzibah mourn the loss of?

2. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?

3. How does Clifford react every time he hears the train engines?

4. What does Holgrave decide to experiment with?

5. What does Phoebe do that cheers Clifford the most?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childish impulse does Clifford give in to and who witnesses it?

2. Describe Holgrave's attitudes towards society and tradition.

3. Describe what life is like for the four residents of the House.

4. What happens during the political rally?

5. How was young Matthew Maule already connected to the story of the House?

6. Maule agreed to help Gervais under two conditions. What were they?

7. How does the author build suspense as Hepzibah waits while the Judge meets with Clifford?

8. What did Maule do to Alice?

9. What does Holgrave experiment with?

10. What does Hepzibah find in the parlor?

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