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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Dimmesdale and Chillingworth see out the window at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Their own reflections.
(b) Hester and Pearl.
(c) Just Hester.
(d) Just Pearl.

2. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?
(a) A rose bush.
(b) A weeping willow.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Lilacs.

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

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

5. 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"?
(a) Hester.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Dimmesdale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?

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

3. Who is the patient referred to in the title of Chapter 10?

4. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?

5. What is Hester delivering to the governor's house when she goes there in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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