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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first chapter?
(a) TheJail-Door.
(b) The Prison Rose.
(c) Gaol-Door Rock.
(d) The Prison-Door.

2. Where does Chillingworth take up residence?
(a) With Mistress Hibbins.
(b) In the same rooming house as Dimmesdale.
(c) With Dimmesdale, at the rectory.
(d) At the Governor's.

3. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) A rose bush.
(c) A weeping willow.
(d) Dandelions.

4. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?
(a) In church.
(b) In jail.
(c) At the doctor's office.
(d) At the governor's mansion.

5. From which city is this preface written?
(a) Salem.
(b) London.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. The following description of clothing belongs to which community leader: "a dark feather in his hat, a border of embroidery on his cloak, and a black velvet tunic beneath"?

2. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?

3. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?

4. Who is with the governor when Hester visits his house to deliver something?

5. What is the subtitle of "The Custom-House"?

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