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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. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?
(a) The owner's brother.
(b) The owner's father.
(c) The owner's uncle.
(d) The owner's nephew.

2. How does Hepzibah feel towards the Judge at the beginning of the book?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She pities him.
(c) She relies on him.
(d) She loves him.

3. What does Hepzibah do after she opens the shop for the day at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She takes a break in the garden.
(b) She takes inventory.
(c) She invites the Judge to tea.
(d) She sits down and weeps.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?

2. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

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

4. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?

5. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Phoebe comes to stay at the House.

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

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

4. What were the Maules like as a family?

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

6. What does the Judge try to do?

7. What do Hepzibah's feelings towards the Judge seem to be?

8. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

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

10. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

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