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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Pigweed.
(b) Burdock.
(c) Apple-peru.
(d) Milkweed.

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

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

4. What quiets Pearl in this when she wants something from the governor's garden?
(a) Her obedience to Hester.
(b) Her nanny.
(c) The appearance of the governor.
(d) The gardener gives her what she wants.

5. How many years have passed so far in this novel, in Chapter 13?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Less than one.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where has Chillingworth been gathering herbs, when he is asked by the minister in Chapter 10?

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

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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