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| How many years have passed so far in this novel, in Chapter 13? | Seven |
| What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"? | The scarlet letter. |
| Hester is a self-ordained what? | Sister of Mercy. |
| . What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for? | Able. |
| Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?" | Hutichison. |
| Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13? | Her (former) husband. |
| What does Chillingworth say in Chapter 14 the town council has been debating? | Whether to take away the scarlet letter. |
| . What facial expression of Chillingworth displays his true malice, which the narrator calls "his blackness" in Chapter 14? | A smile. |
| . When Hester exclaims "better he had died at once!," to whom is she referring in Chapter 14? | Dimmesdale. |
| In Chapter 14, the narrator symbolized the truth by what? | "A red-hot iron." |
| What does Hester threaten to do at the end of Chapter 14? | Betray Chillingworth's identity |
| Where is Hester when Chillingworth leaves, "his gray beard almost" touching the ground? | In the woods. |
| While she is playing, Pearl makes a little boat out of what? | Birch bark. |
| Which of the following creatures is not mentioned while Pearl plays on the shore? | Lobster. |
| What does Pearl do with sea weed? | Wraps it about her head. |
| What color is the letter A Pearl fashions for herself out of natural objects ? | Green. |
| When Pearl repeatedly asks Hester what the letter stand for, what does Hester tell her in Chapter 15? | She does not give an answer. |
| Whom does Dimmesdale set out to meet? | Apostle Eliot. |
| Why, according to Pearl, does sunshine "run away and hide itself" from Hester? | Because of the scarlet letter. |
| Who is said to haunt the forest outside town, carrying a big, heavy book with him? | The Black Man. |
| What metal is the previously mentioned book and pen associated with? | Iron. |
| According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter? | From the Black Man. |
| Where does Dimmesdale hold his hand often throughout the novel? | Over his heart. |
| What describes Dimmesdale's hand, when Hester touches it? | Chill as death." |
| Dimmesdale claims that his scarlet letter burns how? | In secret. |
| What does Hester tell Dimmesdale about Chillingworth in Chapter 17? | That he is her husband. |
| According to Dimmesdale, Chillingworth's revenge has been "____ than [his] sin"? | Blacker. |
| What does Hester mean when she says "Thou shalt not go alone" at the end of Chapter 17? | That she will run away with Dimmesdale. |
| What is the title of Chapter 18? | A Flood of Sunshine. |
| According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"? | Guilt. |
| Who, according to the narrator, is at the "head of the social system" in Puritan times? | Clergy. |
| When Dimmesdale exclaims, "O Thou to whom I dare not life mine eyes," whom is he addressing? | God |
| What does Hester fling next to the brook? | Her scarlet letter. |
| With what kind of natural objects has Pearl decorated herself in Chapter 18? | Wildflowers. |
| In Chapter 19, how does Dimmesdale say Pearl looks? | "Strangely beautiful." |
| Hester says that Pearl is "strange" and what at first? | Shy. |
| When Pearl will not cross the brook, what does Hester tell her she can leap like? | Young deer. |
| Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19? | She has taken off the letter |
| Who retrieves the object that Hester flings away? | Pearl. |
| What does Pearl do when Dimmesdale kisses her? | She washes it off. |
| Where have Hester and Dimmesdale decided would be the best place to escape to? | Europe. |
| Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to? | Dimmesdale's health |
| Where is the ship the Spanish Main sailing? | Bristol. |
| Dimmesdale learns that he is preach what important sermon? | The Election sermon. |
| What does Dimmesdale tell Chillingworth while he is writing the sermon is Chapter 20? | That he no longer needs his services as doctor. |
| What is the holiday referred to in the title of Chapter 21? | The arrival of the new governor. |
| What marks particular attendants of the holiday as members of their forest settlements? | Their deer-skin clothing. |
| What is Hester wearing on the public holiday in Chapter 21? | Coarse gray cloth. |
| Which of the following is NOT used by the narrator to describe Pearl in Chapter 21? | Dour. |
| Who is the "grim, ugly-eyed old man" who recognizes Pearl? | The old jailer. |
| Who are the "rough-looking desperadoes, with sun-blackened faces" at the holiday in Chapter 21? | Sailors. |
| What group of people leads the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22? | The musicians. |
| "Its ranks were filled with gentlemen, who felt the stirrings of martial impulse" describes which group of men in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22? | The soliders. |
| 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"? | The public officials. |
| Who, in the procession, "exhibited such energy as was seen in the gait and air"? | Dimmesdale. |
| Pearl recognizes a man in the procession who did what? | Kissed her by the brook. |
| Who in the audience taunts Hester and Pearl at the appearance of Dimmesdale? | Hibbins. |
| Dimmesdale's voice is compared to what natural phenomenon in Chapter 23? | Swelling waves of the sea. |
| How does the narrator characterize Dimmesdale's sermon? | The narrator exhalts it. |
| Despite his triumph in delivering the sermon in Chapter 23, how does Dimmesdale appear? | "Feeble and pale." |
| John Wilson is described as having what relationship to Dimmesdale? | One of his clerical brethern. |
| Whom does Dimmesdale call up to join him in front of everyone? | Hester and Pearl. |
| What is Dimmesdale's "own red stigma"? | An "A" carved in his chest |
| What had Dimmesdale been doing to himself? | He had been self-flagellating. |
| Which of the following is NOT an explanation for Dimmesdale's "red stigma"? | Hester put it there. |
| How long did it take before Chillingworth died? | Less than a year. |
| Who inherited money and property from Chillingworth? | Pearl. |
| What suggests that Pearl will have a child of her own at the end of the novel? | Hester is sewing infant clothes. |
| Next to whom is Hester Prynne eventually buried? | Dimmesdale. |
