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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which city is this preface written?
(a) London.
(b) Salem.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

2. Hester's work is seen everywhere with the exception of:
(a) On babies.
(b) At funerals.
(c) In church.
(d) At weddings.

3. What was the door to the jail made of?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Maple.
(c) Oak.
(d) Birch.

4. Why does Hester stay in New England?
(a) She enjoys the brisk winter.
(b) She enjoys whaling.
(c) It is the scene of her crime.
(d) Her family is there.

5. In which year was this preface written?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pearl's mother questioned about whether or not she should have custody of the baby?

2. Chapter 6 is named after which character?

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

4. When Hester exclaims "better he had died at once!," to whom is she referring in Chapter 14?

5. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?

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