Questions and Answers
- Which building in colonial Boston has a rosebush right outside it?
- True or false: Most of the crowd in the novel’s opening scene is sympathetic to Hester Prynne and disapproves of the ministers who have punished her.
False
- Where is Hester’s baby while she is standing on the scaffold during her punishment?
- A stranger in the crowd asks why Hester is being punished, and a local man says he must be a visitor if he has never heard of Hester’s sin. According to the stranger, where has he been that he has not received news of the incident?
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- True or false: Even though he is still young, Reverend Dimmesdale is already very well respected by the townspeople.
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- True or false: Reverend Wilson says that if Hester tells the community the name of her lover and repents of her sin, she will be allowed to take the scarlet letter off.
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