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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) December.

2. How does Hester dress her daughter?
(a) In "rustic weeds."
(b) In "paler loveliness."
(c) In the "richest tissue."
(d) In "infinite variety."

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

4. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?
(a) A painting of Hester and Pearl.
(b) Hester's diary.
(c) Dimmesdale's diary.
(d) The scarlet letter.

5. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"
(a) Hester's.
(b) Chillingworth's.
(c) Pearl's.
(d) Dimmesdale's.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?

2. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?

3. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?

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

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

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