The Scarlet Letter 1-4

What is the title of the first chapter?

• The Prison Rose

• The Prison-Door

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?

• Apple-peru

• Pigweed

• Burdock

• Milkweed

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What prominent wild plant grows just outside

the door to the jail?

• Dandelions

• Lilacs

• A rose bush

• A weeping willow

What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the

end of Chapter 1?

"...was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems,..."

• Flowers

• The spikes on the door to the jail

• Hester's pearl necklace

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Chose which of the following best describes the

tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?

"It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow."

• ambivalent

• sunny

• somber

• bright

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who thinks that Hester's punishment/sentence

is too light?

• the ministers

• the women of the town

• the men of the town

• the children of the town

Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?

• Reverend Wilson

• No pastor is named

• Reverend Hawthorne

• Reverend Dimmesdale

One person suggests that Hester should have an

iron brand burned where?

• on the palms of her hands

• on her cheek

• on her chest

• on her forehead

What color is Hester's hair?

• red

• dark

• blond

• gray

She has sinned and must wear the letter "A."

• Hester Prynne

• Pearl

• Rev. Mr. Dimmesdale

• Roger Chillingworth

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3