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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?
(a) He becomes an architect.
(b) He becomes a judge.
(c) He becomes a detective.
(d) He becomes a preacher.

2. What does Hepzibah beg Phoebe to do when someone comes to the shop window?
(a) Be nothing but cheerful.
(b) Hide in the garden.
(c) Avoid Holgrave.
(d) Ignore the new guest.

3. Whom does the Judge remind Phoebe of?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Mr. Holgrave.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon.
(d) Her father.

4. What does Hepzibah decide about her surprise guest at the beginning of the novel?
(a) This person is not being honest with her.
(b) This person can help her financially.
(c) This person is really a ghost.
(d) This person can only stay one night.

5. What does Holgrave suggest about the Judge?
(a) He appeares charismatic and appealing.
(b) He appeares cynical and jaded.
(c) He appeares capable of a great crime.
(d) He appeares pious and humble.

6. How did Matthew Maule die?
(a) He was hanged.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He caught smallpox.
(d) He was drowned.

7. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cheer Hepzibah up.
(b) Buy the house from Hepzibah.
(c) Steal a valuable painting.
(d) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.

8. What story does the Judge tell Phoebe?
(a) The story of how he became a Judge.
(b) The story of the House.
(c) The story of Matthew Maule.
(d) The story of his uncle’s murder.

9. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?
(a) He once tried to set the house on fire.
(b) He is shy and unobtrusive.
(c) He is law-abiding and respectful.
(d) He associates with strange companions.

10. Which statement best describes how the relationship between Hepzibah and Phoebe unfolds?
(a) They quietly resent one another.
(b) They slowly develop a bond.
(c) They hit it off immediately.
(d) They never quite trust each other.

11. How does Clifford react to the portrait of the Colonel?
(a) He cannot look at it.
(b) He remembers that he had painted it.
(c) He admires its artistry.
(d) He thinks he has seen the man before.

12. What is Holgrave’s occupation?
(a) A harpsichord tuner.
(b) A real estate broker.
(c) A hypnotist.
(d) A daguerreotypist.

13. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A delivery that was three days late.
(b) The arrival of someone very important to her.
(c) The flowers in the garden to bloom.
(d) Someone to make an offer to buy the House.

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

15. Who built the House of Seven Gables?
(a) Matthew Maule’s son.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Ned Higgins.
(d) Hawthorne's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?

2. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

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

4. What is on the roof of the House?

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

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