The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 9-17

Starting in chapter nine, this character becomes "thin and pale because of a strange illness, causing people to praise him as a saint".

• Reverend Bowens

• Governor Billingsworth

• Chillingsworth

• Dimmesdale

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Who is "the leech"?

• Dimmesdale

• Chillingsworth

• Pearl

• Hester

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How do Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth become connected?

• Chillingsworth tells Dimmesdale about his true identity

• Dimmesdale reveals a hidden sin to Chillingsworth

• Chillingsworth offers to read Dimmesdale's fortune

• Dimmesdale becomes Chillingsworth's patient

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What discovery does Chillingsworth make while Dimmesdale is asleep?

• Something strange is on Dimmesdale's chest

• Dimmesdale keeps a hidden journal with all of his secrets

• Dimmesdale talks in his sleep and reveals a hidden sin

• Chillingsworth discovers a stash of Dimmesdale's money

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Which of the following is not a way in which Dimmesdale punishes himself for his sin?

• He whips himself

• He goes without food

• He refuses to leave his parish

• He stays up late into the night

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Where does Dimmesdale meet Hester and Pearl late at night?

• The scaffold

• At the alter in his church

• Outside of the governor's mansion

• In the woods

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Who dies in this section of the novel?

• Chillingsworth

• Governor John Winthrop

• Mistress Hibbins

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What symbol does Dimmesdale see in the sky?

• A letter "A"

• A cross

• An arrow

• A heart

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How is Hester treated after the 7 year time gap in the novel?

• She is asked to open a larger shop but she refuses

• She interacts with the Puritans but they still do not like her

• She is isolated outside of the colony limits

• She is well-respected for her compassion to the poor

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How does Hester react when Chillingsworth tells her that the magistrate said that she can remove the letter A?

• She says that it's not up to him whether or not she wears it

• She immediately removes the A but keeps it in her pocket

• She cries and says that she can't remove it

• She asks Dimmesdale what to do

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