The Scarlet Letter - Ch. 13-19 Quiz

What Pearl "catches" but Hester  can't....

• Sin
• Sunshine
• Darkness
• the Plague

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The object in the forest that Pearl asks her mother why it is sad and to which Hester replies that if Pearl had a sorrow like hers, she might understand the sadness. 

• The Black Man
• The mossy tree stump
• The scarlet letter
• The brook

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Early in their conversation, what Dimmesdale tells Hester he wished he had over these long seven years. 

• Love
• Peace
• A friend
• The letter "A"

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What Dimmesdale tells Hester he cannot do when she reveals to him Chillingworth's true identity. 

• Love her
• Forget her
• Forgive her
• Live

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The number of years it has been since Dimmesdale and Hester have been alone with one another. 

• 3 Years
• 5 Years
• 7 Years
• 9 Years

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The one who is "worse than even the polluted priest," who "violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart." 

• Dimmesdale
• Chillingworth
• Pearl
• Governor Bellingham

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Exactly where the A lands when Hester discards it: 

• Away in the wind
• On Pearl's chest
• By the stream
• Into the stream

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A second token gesture (not removing the A) Hester makes to symbolize their newly found freedom. 

• Dances in the sunlight
• Places her hand over her heart
• Lets her hair down
• Holds Pearl in the air

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Which of the following does NOT happen to Hester after she removes the "A" and lets her hair down? 

• She lays down and dies
• Her youth returns
• Her beauty returns
• The sun shines on her

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The fear that Dimmesdale expresses about Pearl (not that she won't like him):

• That Pearl will be taken from Hester
• That Pearl will deny him as her Father
• That Pearl will reveal his true identity
• That Pearl's looks will mirror his own, revealing his sin 

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