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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pearl do with sea weed?
(a) Spreads it along the beach.
(b) Wraps it about her head.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Lines her pockets with it.

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

3. What color is the thread that embroiders the scarlet letter?
(a) Red.
(b) Silver.
(c) Black.
(d) Gold.

4. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Angel.
(c) Addled.
(d) Able.

5. While she is playing, Pearl makes a little boat out of what?
(a) Sea weed.
(b) Sand dollars.
(c) Birch bark.
(d) Acorns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hawthorne calls the Custom House a...?

2. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?

3. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

4. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?

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

(see the answer key)

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