The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1 - 6 READING CHECK

TRUE/FALSE

1. _____ The prison door is new and made of oak.

2. _____ The cemetary is next to the prison.

3. _____ The women in Boston were happy with Hester's punishment.

4. _____ The penalty for adultery is normally death.

5. _____ The plot begins in the month of May.

6. _____ The "A" on Hester's dress was sewn on very poorly.

7. _____ Hester was brought back to prison after her time in the marketplace.

8. _____ The disfigured man in the crowd was Roger Chillingworth, Hester's husband.

9. _____ Hester's gift was her "green thumb" in gardening.

10. _____ Hester could embroider anything, but was never asked to sew wedding veils for the townspeople.

11. _____ Hester hated the rich women who were constantly bitter toward her.

12. _____ There were rumors in town that the "A" burned bright in the dark night.

13. _____ The town of Boston gave Hester's child name the name of Pearl.

14. _____ Physically Pearl was perfect in every way, worthy to be the plaything of the angels.

15. _____ Mentally, though, Pearl was slow and considered by many as "retarded" by evil.

16. _____ The only friends Pearl was allowed to play with were the wild red-skinned children from the nearby forest.

17. _____ Pearl consistenly asks her mother about the scarlet token upon her mother's dress.

18. _____ Hester, at times, can not believe her child was human.

19. _____ Hester and Pearl were not allowed to attend church.

20. _____ Dimmesdale was young, popular and respected among the people of Boston.

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