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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pearl desperately desire from the governor's garden?
(a) A pumpkin.
(b) A cabbage.
(c) A tulip.
(d) A rose.

2. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Her (former) husband.
(b) Her confessor.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her lover.

3. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Bright.
(d) Somber.

4. Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?"
(a) Hutichison.
(b) Mother Theresa.
(c) Hibbins.
(d) Bradstreet.

5. What is Hester delivering to the governor's house when she goes there in Chapter 7?
(a) Bonnets.
(b) A scarf.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Lace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the door to the jail made of?

2. What is the "pedestal of infamy?"

3. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?

4. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?

5. Hester is a self-ordained what?

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