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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Writing Workshop: Evaluating Sources That Support a Claim

Question 1 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B Credit Recovery 5 Credits

Based on how the narrator presents the setting and characters in this novel, what inference can you make about Hawthorne’s opinion of Hester Prynne?

Answer
A
He agrees with the townspeople that Hester is evil and should be punished.
B
He believes that Hester can be redeemed if she accepts responsibility for her mistake.
C
He sympathizes with Hester, not the townspeople.