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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?
(a) The magistrate's.
(b) The governor's.
(c) The minister's.
(d) The narrator's.

2. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Pigweed.
(b) Milkweed.
(c) Burdock.
(d) Apple-peru.

3. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"
(a) Pearl.
(b) Hester.
(c) Hibbins.
(d) Dimmesdale.

4. What color is the letter A Pearl fashions for herself out of natural objects ?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

5. Why is Dimmesdale at the town center Chapter 12?
(a) To trick Chillingworth.
(b) To proclaim his guilt in public.
(c) To shame Hester.
(d) To stand side by side with Hester.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?

2. 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"?

3. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?

4. 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"?

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

(see the answer key)

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