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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Chillingworth.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Hester.

3. What is the "pedestal of infamy?"
(a) The governor's mantle.
(b) The steeple.
(c) The altar.
(d) The scaffold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?

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

3. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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