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The Scarlet Letter Answers

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Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter takes place as the story begins?

A
Officials lock the jail door.
B
A rose bush is planted.
C
A crowd gathers at the jail.
D
Puritans visit the cemetery.
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Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after the women of the crowd are introduced?

A
The women discuss their English birth and breeding.
B
The women discuss Hester’s sentence.
C
The women demand that the letter be branded on Hester.
D
The women ask the reverend to say a prayer.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.Which best describes the effect of the words “sad-colored,” “steeple-crowned,” and “iron spikes”?

A
They establish the mournful mood.
B
They establish the hostile mood.
C
They establish the austere Puritan setting.
D
They establish the spiritual Puritan setting.
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Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter involves the narrator?

A
The narrator offers the reader a rose.
B
The narrator touches the jail door.
C
The narrator hears the beadle’s call.
D
The narrator removes a weed from the lawn.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house, somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old church-yard of King's Chapel.What is the meaning of this excerpt?

A
The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.
B
The prison was built near Cornhill, and the cemetery was built on an important man’s property.
C
Just as Puritans gathered at the prison, they also gathered at the cemetery and the church.
D
The forefathers of Boston chose the two most famous landmarks: the prison and the cemetery.

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