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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, according to Pearl, does sunshine "run away and hide itself" from Hester?
(a) Because of her fair skin.
(b) Because of the scarlet letter.
(c) Because of the foliage.
(d) Because of her long gray dress.

2. What kind of men are rare in the colony, according to the narrator?
(a) Artists.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Doctors and scientists.

3. What was the door to the jail made of?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Oak.
(c) Birch.
(d) Maple.

4. What does Hester threaten to do at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Betray Chillingworth's identity.
(b) Escape Boston.
(c) Reveal the name of her lover.
(d) Kill herself.

5. The following description of someone's eyes in Chapter 10 refers to which character: "burning blue and ominous, like the reflection of a furnace....like one of those gleams of ghastly fire"?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Hester.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Chillingworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?

3. What is the title of Chapter 14?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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