Scarlet letter chapters 7-9

What rumors about Pearl have been going around?

• That she is the spawn of Satan
  
• That Hester kidnapped her
• That she is a child-witch
• That she has a grave illness

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

What distinguishes Pearl from other children?

• The red dress with gold trimmings Hester dresses her in
  
• Her ruby red lips
• Her deep blue eyes
• Her golden hair

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.3

What happens to Pearl and Hester as they are going to see the governor?

• Pearl falls inexplicably unconsious
• Pearl begins babbling incoherently and foaming at the mouth
• Children hurl mud and stones at them
• Their buggy overturns

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What disturbing news regarding Pearl does Hester learn?

• That she may be tried again for new, imagined crimes
• hat Pearl has a deadly disease
• General Bellingham is thinking of taking Pearl away from her
• That the town council is considering asking her to leave town altogether

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

From whom does Hester demand intervention in the matter of Pearl? (Who does she ask to help her when the other men tell her they are going to take pearl)

• Dimmesdale
• Wilson
• Chillingworth
• Mistress Hibbins

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

How does Pearl answer Wilson’s question, “Who made thee?”

• God and all his angels
• "My father and my mother, no more, no one else."
• Satan and all his minions
• Denies she has been made but was picked from a rose bush by her mother

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the rumor about Mistress Hibbins?

• She sleeps around
• She is a thief
• She is a witch
• She killed her baby

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What about DImmesdale causes the townspeople to worry about him?

• His inability to remember things
• His nightmares
  
• His deteriorating health
• His frequent fainting spells

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Whom does Roger Chillingworth select as his spiritual guide?

• Hester
• Reverend Dimmesdale
• Pearl
  
• Reverend Wilson

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

True or False: Chillingworth arranges for both he and Dimmesdale to live together

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9