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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Hester says that Pearl is "strange" and what at first?
(a) Shy.
(b) Familar.
(c) Creepy.
(d) Outgoing.
2. How is Hibbins related to the Governor?
(a) No relation.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) His sister.
(d) His daughter.
3. How many years have passed so far in this novel, in Chapter 13?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Less than one.
4. This group in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22 was showing "a stamp of majesty that made the warrior's haughty stride look vulgar"?
(a) The sailors.
(b) The public officials.
(c) The musicians.
(d) The soldiers.
5. What is Dimmesdale's "own red stigma"?
(a) A scarlet letter he wears underneath his jacket.
(b) Pearl.
(c) His guilt.
(d) An "A" carved in his chest.
6. While she is playing, Pearl makes a little boat out of what?
(a) Birch bark.
(b) Sand dollars.
(c) Sea weed.
(d) Acorns.
7. Who, in the procession, "exhibited such energy as was seen in the gait and air"?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Wilson.
8. Whom does Dimmesdale set out to meet?
(a) Disciple Adrian.
(b) Disciple Ellison.
(c) Apostle Elias.
(d) Apostle Eliot.
9. Who inherited money and property from Chillingworth?
(a) The church.
(b) Hester.
(c) His biological children.
(d) Pearl.
10. What does Hester fling next to the brook?
(a) Chillingworth's herbs.
(b) Her scarlet letter.
(c) Dimmesdale's Bible.
(d) Her bonnet.
11. According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?
(a) From the Dark Man.
(b) From the Black Man.
(c) From the Dark Reverend.
(d) From Mistress Hibbins.
12. What marks particular attendants of the holiday as members of their forest settlements?
(a) Their long hair.
(b) Their scarlet F's.
(c) Their deer-skin clothing.
(d) Their rough speech.
13. John Wilson is described as having what relationship to Dimmesdale?
(a) One of his clerical brethern.
(b) One of his holy fathers.
(c) One of his mystical mates.
(d) One of his fatherly teachers.
14. Despite his triumph in delivering the sermon in Chapter 23, how does Dimmesdale appear?
(a) "Hale and hearty."
(b) "Wanton and wan."
(c) "Delicate and forlorn."
(d) "Feeble and pale."
15. Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19?
(a) She has taken off the letter.
(b) She is talking with a man.
(c) She is angry at her mother.
(d) She is across the brook.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the title of Chapter 20?
2. In Chapter 19, how does Dimmesdale say Pearl looks?
3. Dimmesdale claims that his scarlet letter burns how?
4. What facial expression of Chillingworth displays his true malice, which the narrator calls "his blackness" in Chapter 14?
5. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?
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