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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
(a) The governor's servants.
(b) The governor himself.
(c) The governor's daughter.
(d) The governor's wife.

2. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?
(a) A weeping willow.
(b) A rose bush.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Dandelions.

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

4. What does Hester mean when she says "Thou shalt not go alone" at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) That she will send Pearl with Dimmesdale.
(b) That she will run away with Dimmesdale.
(c) That Dimmesdale should not leave.
(d) That Chillingworth will follow Dimmesdale.

5. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?
(a) Reverand Hawthorne.
(b) No pastor is named.
(c) Reverend Dimmesdale.
(d) Reverand Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?

2. Hawthorne surmises that if there were a Papist in the crowd, whom would Hester remind him of?

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

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

5. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?

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