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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Hester's hair?
(a) Dark.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blond.
(d) Red.

2. What was the door to the jail made of?
(a) Maple.
(b) Oak.
(c) Mahogany.
(d) Birch.

3. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Joy.
(d) Detriment.

4. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?
(a) Old Manse.
(b) Big House.
(c) Venerated Palace.
(d) Regal Apartment.

5. What street runs outside the Custom-House?
(a) High Street.
(b) Derby Street.
(c) Salem Road.
(d) Main Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "public disapprobation" refers to...?

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?

3. The earliest parts of the colony had been the jail and what other location?

4. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?

5. What is the shape of the hats worn in the "throng"?

(see the answer key)

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