The Scarlet Letter

After seeing Reverend Dimmesdale in the square one night, Hester told Chillingworth that she ...

• had no strength to hide her feelings.

• planned to send Pearl away to school.

• believed in the power of prayer.

• could no longer keep their secret.

Reverend Dimmesdale burned one of his sermons in the fireplace because he thought the words ...

• were far too harsh.

• were nothing but lies.

• might hurt Hester.

• would offend parishioners.

Hester walked in the woods for a few weeks because she ...

• knew Reverend Dimmesdale walked there.

• had suffered a temporary loss of memory.

• was searching for the missing Pearl.

• was gathering flowers for the church.

When the crowd finally spotted the scarlet letter, they realized that it was ...

• almost too tiny to see.

• sewn with gold thread.

• stained with blood.

• shaped like a snake.

Chillingworth made Hester swear not to reveal that he ...

• was Pearl's father.

• has blinded a patient.

• was her husband.

• had no medical degree.

Reverend Dimmesdale had Hester and Pearl join him on the platform before ...

• yanking the cross from his neck.

• raising his Bible in the air.

• accepting his award.

• tearing open his shirt.

After Hester climbed the platform with Pearl, she ...

• pled for her life to be spared.

• insisted on being blindfolded.

• begged for her baby's life.

• saw a face she recognized.

Before he died, reverend Dimmesdale revealed that he had ...

• the letter "A" carved on his chest.

• stolen church donations.

• never been baptized.

• confessed his sins in a letter to Pearl.

Chillingworth admitted that he was a fool to think Hester would ever ...

• feel love for him.

• consent to marry him.

• give up her baby.

• amount of anything.

Why did Hester stay in Boston?

• Her parents still lived there.

• She wanted to be near Pearl.

• She had no money for ship passage.

• She felt she deserved punishment.