1. What quiets Pearl in this when she wants something from the governor's garden?
(a) Her obedience to Hester.
(b) The appearance of the governor.
(c) The gardener gives her what she wants.
(d) Her nanny.

2. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Approximately 150 or more.
(b) Approximately 15 or 20.
(c) Approximately 50 or 60.
(d) Approximately 90 or 100.

3. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?
(a) The name of her lover.
(b) The name of the witch.
(c) The name of her husband.
(d) The name of her child.

4. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?
(a) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale.
(b) Hester and Chillingworth.
(c) Hester and Dimmesdale.
(d) Chillingworth and Bellingham.

5. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The spikes on the door to the jail.
(b) Hester's pearl necklace.
(c) The ladies in the crowd.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. What is the title of the first chapter?

4. How many years have passed so far in this novel, in Chapter 13?

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

(see the answer key)

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