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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pearl repeatedly asks Hester what the letter stand for, what does Hester tell her in Chapter 15?
(a) She says it stands for Able.
(b) She says it is a witch's mark.
(c) She says it stands for Adultry
(d) She does not give an answer.

2. Pearl recognizes a man in the procession who did what?
(a) Visited Hester and her in jail.
(b) Gave her a red rose from his garden.
(c) Kissed her by the brook.
(d) Stole money from Hester.

3. What had Dimmesdale been doing to himself?
(a) He had been staying awake all night.
(b) He had been self-flagellating.
(c) He had been fasting.
(d) He had been treating his own illness.

4. Whom does Dimmesdale set out to meet?
(a) Disciple Ellison.
(b) Apostle Elias.
(c) Disciple Adrian.
(d) Apostle Eliot.

5. Who in the audience taunts Hester and Pearl at the appearance of Dimmesdale?
(a) Brackett.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Hibbins.
(d) Bellingham.

6. What is Dimmesdale's "own red stigma"?
(a) His guilt.
(b) An "A" carved in his chest.
(c) A scarlet letter he wears underneath his jacket.
(d) Pearl.

7. Who inherited money and property from Chillingworth?
(a) His biological children.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Hester.
(d) The church.

8. Next to whom is Hester Prynne eventually buried?
(a) Dimmesdale.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Chillingworth, her husband.
(d) No one--she is buried alone.

9. With what kind of natural objects has Pearl decorated herself in Chapter 18?
(a) Sand and driftwood.
(b) Maple leaves.
(c) Wildflowers.
(d) Seashells.

10. In Chapter 14, the narrator symbolized the truth by what?
(a) "A red-hot iron."
(b) "A fletched arrow."
(c) "A mysterious maze."
(d) "A tall white pedestal."

11. What group of people leads the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22?
(a) The clergy.
(b) The public officials.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) The musicians.

12. How does the narrator characterize Dimmesdale's sermon?
(a) The narrator neither praises nor diminshes it.
(b) The narrator disparages it.
(c) The narrator ignores it.
(d) The narrator exhalts it.

13. Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to?
(a) Dimmesdale's health.
(b) Dimmedale's profession.
(c) Hester's criminal record.
(d) Hester's profession.

14. What does Dimmesdale tell Chillingworth while he is writing the sermon is Chapter 20?
(a) That he no longer needs his services as doctor.
(b) That he knows who Hester's lover is.
(c) That he knows Chillingworth's true identity.
(d) That he is feeling close to death.

15. When Pearl will not cross the brook, what does Hester tell her she can leap like?
(a) Giant grasshopper.
(b) Bull frog.
(c) Young deer.
(d) Little girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT used by the narrator to describe Pearl in Chapter 21?

2. According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?

3. What facial expression of Chillingworth displays his true malice, which the narrator calls "his blackness" in Chapter 14?

4. Why is Dimmesdale at the town center Chapter 12?

5. What does Hester mean when she says "Thou shalt not go alone" at the end of Chapter 17?

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