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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?
(a) The magistrate's.
(b) The minister's.
(c) The governor's.
(d) The narrator's.

2. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Apple-peru.
(b) Milkweed.
(c) Pigweed.
(d) Burdock.

3. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?
(a) They are bearded.
(b) They are ministers.
(c) They are fat.
(d) They are bald.

4. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) October.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?

3. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?

4. Salem is characterized currently as....?

5. Which minister in the book has "a border of grizzled locks beneath his skull-cap" and gray eyes?

(see the answer key)

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