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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The Meeting.
(b) The Recognizance.
(c) The Recognition.
(d) The Resistance.

2. Hawthorne calls the Custom House a...?
(a) Sketch of official life.
(b) Portrait of the Puritans.
(c) Picture of the colony.
(d) Sketch of old-time Salem.

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

4. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?
(a) A dour harbor.
(b) A sad sailing town.
(c) A bustling port.
(d) A busy metropolis.

5. One person suggest that Hester should have an iron brand burned where?
(a) On her chest.
(b) On her cheek.
(c) On her forehead.
(d) On the palms of her hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the baby in Hester's arms when we first see her?

2. What street runs outside the Custom-House?

3. What color is Hester's hair?

4. 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"?

5. Hawthorne surmises that if there were a Papist in the crowd, whom would Hester remind him of?

(see the answer key)

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