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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dimmesdale's "own red stigma"?
(a) His guilt.
(b) Pearl.
(c) A scarlet letter he wears underneath his jacket.
(d) An "A" carved in his chest.

2. What suggests that Pearl will have a child of her own at the end of the novel?
(a) Hester is sewing infant clothes.
(b) Pearl has gotten married quickly.
(c) Hester calls herself "Grandma Hester."
(d) Pearl's stomach is large.

3. Where does Dimmesdale imagine a "scarlet token?"
(a) On his chest.
(b) On Hester.
(c) On Pearl.
(d) On his forehead.

4. Which of the following is NOT used by the narrator to describe Pearl in Chapter 21?
(a) Bird-like.
(b) Effervescent.
(c) Gem-like.
(d) Dour.

5. When Pearl repeatedly asks Hester what the letter stand for, what does Hester tell her in Chapter 15?
(a) She says it stands for Adultry
(b) She says it is a witch's mark.
(c) She says it stands for Able.
(d) She does not give an answer.

6. Who is said to ride "with Satan through the air?"
(a) Demons.
(b) Banshees.
(c) Bats.
(d) Witches.

7. Pearl recognizes a man in the procession who did what?
(a) Gave her a red rose from his garden.
(b) Kissed her by the brook.
(c) Stole money from Hester.
(d) Visited Hester and her in jail.

8. Who are the "rough-looking desperadoes, with sun-blackened faces" at the holiday in Chapter 21?
(a) Sailors.
(b) Englishmen.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Indians.

9. What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"?
(a) Pearl's eyes.
(b) Chillingworth's malice.
(c) The scarlet letter.
(d) The meteor/falling star.

10. Why is Dimmesdale at the town center Chapter 12?
(a) To proclaim his guilt in public.
(b) To trick Chillingworth.
(c) To shame Hester.
(d) To stand side by side with Hester.

11. Whom does Dimmesdale set out to meet?
(a) Disciple Adrian.
(b) Apostle Elias.
(c) Disciple Ellison.
(d) Apostle Eliot.

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

13. When Pearl will not cross the brook, what does Hester tell her she can leap like?
(a) Young deer.
(b) Giant grasshopper.
(c) Little girls.
(d) Bull frog.

14. Hester is a self-ordained what?
(a) Sister of Chastity.
(b) Sister of Sin.
(c) Sister of Mercy.
(d) Sister of Integrity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metal is the previously mentioned book and pen associated with?

2. Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to?

3. Where is the ship the Spanish Main sailing?

4. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?

5. What color is the letter A Pearl fashions for herself out of natural objects ?

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