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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 did Maule do just before his death?
(a) He spat up blood.
(b) He poisoned his well.
(c) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(d) He hypnotized his daughter.

2. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?
(a) The story of Alice Pyncheon.
(b) The history of the town.
(c) The history of Judge Pyncheon.
(d) The story of the Pyncheons and the Maules.

3. Who comes to the shop window after Phoebe has visited the garden the first time?
(a) A line of customers.
(b) The bill collector.
(c) The fish dealer.
(d) The Judge.

4. What is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon died while playing it.
(b) It originally belonged to a famous composer.
(c) It is the first one ever built.
(d) It is said to occasionally play itself.

5. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?
(a) She wants to give Clifford a job.
(b) She needs the money.
(c) She wants something to fill the time.
(d) She hops that Holgrave would manage it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Matthew Maule die?

2. What does Phoebe find in the garden?

3. How is the story of the land dispute known?

4. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?

5. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

4. What does the Judge try to do?

5. Describe Phoebe's first visit to the garden.

6. Explain who Clifford is and describe his homecoming.

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

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

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

10. What were the Maules like as a family?

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