The Scarlet Letter 8-10

From whom does Hester demand intervention in the matter of Pearl?

• Wilson

• Mistress Hibbins

• Dimmesdale

• Chillingworth

What is the rumor about Mistress Hibbins?

• She is a thief

• She sleeps around

• She is a witch

• She killed her baby

With what does Chillingworth become obsessed with discovering?

• Dimmesdale's secrets

• Speaking in tongues

• Conjuring the devil

• Getting Hester to confess

Why are the townspeople so sure of Reverend Dimmesdale's devotion to his faith?

• His public prayers

• His fast and vigils

• His powerful, fire-and-brimstone sermons

• His selfless tending to the needy

What question does Reverend Wilson pose to Pearl?

• If she is happy

• If she is a Christian

• If she gets enough to eat

• If she knows who her father is

What does Chillingworth suggest about the real meaning of the strange plants growing on a grave?

• That the person buried in the grave held secrets in his heart

• They are poisonous and Satanic

• That they are meant as a signal from someone who wishes Dimmesdale harm

• That their strange beauty is a result of the divine

How does Pearl answer Wilson's question, "Who made thee?"

• "My father and my mother, no more, no one else."

• Denies she has been made but was picked from a rose bush by her mother

• Satan and all his minions

• God and all his angels

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

• False

• True

What does Chillingworth see Pearl doing to the scarlet letter on her mother's chest?

• Sticking burrs into it

• Trying to loosen each of the stitches

• Rubbing her face against it

• Tracing the outline with the tip of her finger

Whom does Roger Chillingworth select as his spiritual guide?

• Hester

• Reverend Dimmesdale

• Pearl

• Reverend Wilson