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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the shape of the hats worn in the "throng"?
(a) Derby.
(b) Cone.
(c) Pillbox.
(d) Steeple.

3. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?
(a) They are bald.
(b) They are bearded.
(c) They are fat.
(d) They are ministers.

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

5. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The ladies in the crowd.
(b) Hester's pearl necklace.
(c) Flowers.
(d) The spikes on the door to the jail.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?

4. Whom do Dimmesdale and Chillingworth see out the window at the end of Chapter 10?

5. What does Pearl desperately desire from the governor's garden?

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