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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?
(a) Hester and Dimmesdale.
(b) Hester and Chillingworth.
(c) Chillingworth and Bellingham.
(d) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale.

2. Why is Pearl's mother questioned about whether or not she should have custody of the baby?
(a) Because Pearl is hanging out with a bad crowd.
(b) Because Hester has a drinking problem.
(c) Because of her sin.
(d) Because Pearl is acting out in school.

3. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Bright.
(b) Somber.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Ambivalent.

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

5. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?
(a) Hester's diary.
(b) A painting of Hester and Pearl.
(c) The scarlet letter.
(d) Dimmesdale's diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two non-Puritan sects mentioned in this Chapter 2?

2. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?

3. Where does Chillingworth take up residence?

4. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"

5. According to Hawthorne, the reaction could not have been more violent if...?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name one of the two reasons Hawthorne suspects that the plant standing outside the prison survived.

2. How does Pearl react to other children?

3. What does Hester refuse to do during this chapter 3, despite pressure from her neighbors?

4. Describe the setting Hawthorne describes of the busy wharf.

5. Does Hawthorne, in the end, decide to change anything?

6. What is Dimmesdale's argument for keeping Hester and Pearl together?

7. Why does Hawthorne decide to republish the offending introduction?

8. What does Hawthorne promise to "alter or expunge"?

9. What kind of plant stands outside the prison, offering a contrast in color and form? Describe what the narrator says about it.

10. Describe the clothing worn by the "throng of bearded men" at the beginning of Chapter 1.

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