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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?
(a) At the doctor's office.
(b) In jail.
(c) In church.
(d) At the governor's mansion.

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

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

4. Which one of the following descriptions does not apply to Pearl?
(a) "airy sprite"
(b) "sole treasure"
(c) "little elf"
(d) "beautiful munchkin"

5. The following description of clothing belongs to which community leader: "a dark feather in his hat, a border of embroidery on his cloak, and a black velvet tunic beneath"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Bellingham.
(d) Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hester dress her daughter?

2. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?

3. What is the "pedestal of infamy?"

4. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"

5. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?

(see the answer key)

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