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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?
(a) Apple pie.
(b) Uncle Sam.
(c) An eagle.
(d) The stars and stripes.

2. In what point of view is "The Custom House" written?
(a) Third person, limited.
(b) Second.
(c) Third person, omniscient.
(d) First.

3. What street runs outside the Custom-House?
(a) Salem Road.
(b) Derby Street.
(c) Main Street.
(d) High Street.

4. What is one of Chillingworth's distinguishing physical features?
(a) He is missing most of the toes on his left foot.
(b) One of his shoulders is higher than the other.
(c) His left eye droops.
(d) He is lame in his right leg.

5. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?
(a) Hester and Dimmesdale.
(b) Chillingworth and Bellingham.
(c) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale.
(d) Hester and Chillingworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?

2. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?

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

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

5. When the doctor gives Hester something to drink, what does she think is in the cup?

(see the answer key)

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