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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character says, ironically, "why should a wretched man, guilty, we will say, of murder, prefer to keep the dead corpse buried in his own heart, rather than fling it forth at once"?
(a) Hester.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Chillingworth.

2. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?
(a) Iron.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Seashell.
(d) Wood.

3. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?
(a) The name of her lover.
(b) The name of the witch.
(c) The name of her child.
(d) The name of her husband.

4. What does Pearl desperately desire from the governor's garden?
(a) A tulip.
(b) A pumpkin.
(c) A cabbage.
(d) A rose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Chillingworth been gathering herbs, when he is asked by the minister in Chapter 10?

2. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?

3. What is the "pedestal of infamy?"

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

5. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?

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