Scarlet Letter Chapter 9

Identify Hester and Pearl's destination in Ch. 7.

• Governor Bellingham's home

• The church

• Arthur Dimmesdale's home

• The forest

When asked who made thee, Pearl's response was...

• that she came from the heavenly father

• that she came from her mother

• that she was brought forth from the prison walls

• that she was plucked from a rose bush

What does Pearl do after Dimmesdale says that Hester should get to keep Pearl? 

• Laid her cheek against his hand
• Kissed his forehead
• Threw a rose at him
• Called him the Black Man

What character do we meet for the first time who speaks to Hester and Pearl from a window?

• Reverend John Wilson

• Mistress Hibbins

• Reverend Dimmesdale

• The Black Man

The person who speaks to Hester from the window wants her to attend a meeting in the forest with...

• Roger Chillingworth

• Governor Bellingham

• The Black Man

• Reverend Dimmesdale

City and year in which the story is set:

• Salem, 1692

• Boston, 1850

• Salem 1850

• Boston, 1642

Who does the term "Leech" refer to in Chapter 9?

• Chillingworth

• Dimmesdale

• Bellingham

• Hibbins

In addition to having become friends and established a doctor-patient relationship, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth have added this new dimension to their relationship.

• Each has a secret that only Hester Prynne knows.

• They are now roommates.

• Chillingworth is Dimmesdale's Minister.

• Chillingworth is Pearl's real father.

Dimmesdale encourages Chillingworth to care for him because Dimmesdale knows that he is sick and in need of medical attention. 

• True
• False

Dimmesdale and Chillingworth find each other intellectually stimulating because of the different realms of thought that they represent. 

• True
• False