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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is on the roof of the House?
(a) A chicken coop.
(b) A vegetable garden.
(c) A bed of posies.
(d) A sun deck.

3. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) The Judge.

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

5. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon.
(b) Clifford Pyncheon.
(c) Alice Pyncheon.
(d) Judge Pyncheon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?

2. What recent addition has been made to the House?

3. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

4. What does Hepzibah do after she opens the shop for the day at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?

(see the answer key)

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