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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) March.
(d) December.

2. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
(a) The governor's servants.
(b) The governor himself.
(c) The governor's daughter.
(d) The governor's wife.

3. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?
(a) Seashell.
(b) Wood.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Iron.

4. Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?"
(a) Hibbins.
(b) Mother Theresa.
(c) Hutichison.
(d) Bradstreet.

5. What is the shape of the hats worn in the "throng"?
(a) Steeple.
(b) Derby.
(c) Cone.
(d) Pillbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the patient referred to in the title of Chapter 10?

2. Which character says, ironically, "why should a wretched man, guilty, we will say, of murder, prefer to keep the dead corpse buried in his own heart, rather than fling it forth at once"?

3. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?

4. When the doctor gives Hester something to drink, what does she think is in the cup?

5. The following description of someone's eyes in Chapter 10 refers to which character: "burning blue and ominous, like the reflection of a furnace....like one of those gleams of ghastly fire"?

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