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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to haunt the forest outside town, carrying a big, heavy book with him?
(a) The Dark Man.
(b) The Dark Reverend.
(c) The Evil Man.
(d) The Black Man.

2. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) The Pastor and His Parishoner.
(b) The Pastor and His Parish.
(c) The Pastor and the Thief.
(d) The Pastor and His Lover.

3. What does Pearl do with sea weed?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Wraps it about her head.
(c) Spreads it along the beach.
(d) Lines her pockets with it.

4. Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to?
(a) Dimmedale's profession.
(b) Hester's profession.
(c) Dimmesdale's health.
(d) Hester's criminal record.

5. Whom does Dimmesdale call up to join him in front of everyone?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Hester and Pearl.
(c) Hester.
(d) Chillingworth.

6. How does the narrator characterize Dimmesdale's sermon?
(a) The narrator neither praises nor diminshes it.
(b) The narrator disparages it.
(c) The narrator exhalts it.
(d) The narrator ignores it.

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

8. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Shame.
(d) Despair.

9. In Chapter 14, the narrator symbolized the truth by what?
(a) "A tall white pedestal."
(b) "A fletched arrow."
(c) "A mysterious maze."
(d) "A red-hot iron."

10. In Chapter 19, how does Dimmesdale say Pearl looks?
(a) "Strangely beautiful."
(b) "Strangely familiar."
(c) "Uncannily strange."
(d) "Uncannily adorable."

11. With what kind of natural objects has Pearl decorated herself in Chapter 18?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Wildflowers.
(c) Sand and driftwood.
(d) Maple leaves.

12. How is Hibbins related to the Governor?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His sister.
(c) No relation.
(d) His sister-in-law.

13. What is the holiday referred to in the title of Chapter 21?
(a) Easter.
(b) Halloween.
(c) The arrival of the new governor.
(d) The birth of the new prince.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19?

2. "Its ranks were filled with gentlemen, who felt the stirrings of martial impulse" describes which group of men in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22?

3. When Pearl will not cross the brook, what does Hester tell her she can leap like?

4. Next to whom is Hester Prynne eventually buried?

5. What marks particular attendants of the holiday as members of their forest settlements?

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