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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?
(a) Addled.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Angel.
(d) Able.

2. According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?
(a) From the Black Man.
(b) From Mistress Hibbins.
(c) From the Dark Reverend.
(d) From the Dark Man.

3. What metal is the previously mentioned book and pen associated with?
(a) Iron.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

4. Where does Chillingworth take up residence?
(a) At the Governor's.
(b) In the same rooming house as Dimmesdale.
(c) With Mistress Hibbins.
(d) With Dimmesdale, at the rectory.

5. Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?"
(a) Hibbins.
(b) Bradstreet.
(c) Mother Theresa.
(d) Hutichison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hester is a self-ordained what?

3. Who retrieves the object that Hester flings away?

4. What is one of Chillingworth's distinguishing physical features?

5. Who is described as a/an "intolerant brood?"

(see the answer key)

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