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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Approximately 150 or more.
(b) Approximately 15 or 20.
(c) Approximately 90 or 100.
(d) Approximately 50 or 60.

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

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

4. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Cramped.
(c) Opulent.
(d) Plain.

5. Which description does not apply to Dimmesdale?
(a) Sensitive.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Weak frame.
(d) Nervous temperament.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?

3. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

4. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?

5. What quiets Pearl in this when she wants something from the governor's garden?

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