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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What facial expression of Chillingworth displays his true malice, which the narrator calls "his blackness" in Chapter 14?
(a) A wink.
(b) A grimace.
(c) A shrug.
(d) A smile.

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

4. Who is the "grim, ugly-eyed old man" who recognizes Pearl?
(a) Hester's former husband.
(b) The old jailer.
(c) The old governor.
(d) Her father.

5. What is Hester wearing on the public holiday in Chapter 21?
(a) A white wedding gown.
(b) Coarse gray cloth.
(c) Fine scarlet gown.
(d) A plain blue dress.

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

7. Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19?
(a) She has taken off the letter.
(b) She is angry at her mother.
(c) She is across the brook.
(d) She is talking with a man.

8. Which of the following is NOT used by the narrator to describe Pearl in Chapter 21?
(a) Bird-like.
(b) Dour.
(c) Gem-like.
(d) Effervescent.

9. What describes Dimmesdale's hand, when Hester touches it?
(a) "Cold as ice. "
(b) "Chill as death."
(c) "Clammy."
(d) "Frozen."

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

11. Who are the "rough-looking desperadoes, with sun-blackened faces" at the holiday in Chapter 21?
(a) Sailors.
(b) Englishmen.
(c) Indians.
(d) Puritans.

12. According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?
(a) From the Dark Reverend.
(b) From the Black Man.
(c) From the Dark Man.
(d) From Mistress Hibbins.

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

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

15. In what month does this "obscure night" take place in Chapter 12?
(a) November.
(b) May.
(c) August.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Dimmesdale been doing to himself?

2. What is the title of Chapter 18?

3. Which of the following is NOT an explanation for Dimmesdale's "red stigma"?

4. Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?"

5. What metal is the previously mentioned book and pen associated with?

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