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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dimmesdale hold his hand often throughout the novel?
(a) Over his heart.
(b) In his pocket.
(c) Over his eyes.
(d) Clutching the Bible.

2. What does Hester mean when she says "Thou shalt not go alone" at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) That she will run away with Dimmesdale.
(b) That she will send Pearl with Dimmesdale.
(c) That Dimmesdale should not leave.
(d) That Chillingworth will follow Dimmesdale.

3. What does Dimmesdale tell Chillingworth while he is writing the sermon is Chapter 20?
(a) That he knows who Hester's lover is.
(b) That he is feeling close to death.
(c) That he knows Chillingworth's true identity.
(d) That he no longer needs his services as doctor.

4. How long did it take before Chillingworth died?
(a) Less than a year.
(b) Immediately after Dimmesdale.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

5. What does Hester threaten to do at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Reveal the name of her lover.
(b) Escape Boston.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Betray Chillingworth's identity.

6. What is Dimmesdale's "own red stigma"?
(a) An "A" carved in his chest.
(b) His guilt.
(c) Pearl.
(d) A scarlet letter he wears underneath his jacket.

7. Where have Hester and Dimmesdale decided would be the best place to escape to?
(a) Europe.
(b) An Indian settlement.
(c) Salem.
(d) The American South.

8. Dimmesdale claims that his scarlet letter burns how?
(a) On the inside.
(b) In secret.
(c) On his soul.
(d) In God's eyes.

9. Who is said to ride "with Satan through the air?"
(a) Demons.
(b) Witches.
(c) Bats.
(d) Banshees.

10. How is Hibbins related to the Governor?
(a) His sister-in-law.
(b) His daughter.
(c) No relation.
(d) His sister.

11. Hester is a self-ordained what?
(a) Sister of Sin.
(b) Sister of Mercy.
(c) Sister of Integrity.
(d) Sister of Chastity.

12. What describes Dimmesdale's hand, when Hester touches it?
(a) "Chill as death."
(b) "Cold as ice. "
(c) "Clammy."
(d) "Frozen."

13. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) The Pastor and His Lover.
(b) The Pastor and His Parishoner.
(c) The Pastor and the Thief.
(d) The Pastor and His Parish.

14. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Shame.
(d) Despair.

15. Who, in the procession, "exhibited such energy as was seen in the gait and air"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Chillingworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the "rough-looking desperadoes, with sun-blackened faces" at the holiday in Chapter 21?

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

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

4. Whom does Dimmesdale set out to meet?

5. Why is Dimmesdale at the town center Chapter 12?

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