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Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.“Goodwives,” said a hard-featured dame of fifty, “I’ll tell ye a piece of my mind. It would be greatly for the public behoof, if we women, being of mature age and church-members in good repute, should have the handling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne. What think ye, gossips? If the hussy stood up for judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded?”What is the meaning of this excerpt?

A
The speaker believes that she and her peers ought to be in charge of assigning sentences in cases like Hester’s.
B
The speaker believes she and her peers ought to be acknowledged for their good standing in the community.
C
The speaker believes that the older women of the church ought to be allowed to serve as magistrates.
D
The speaker believes that the magistrates have been too strict in their handling of Hester’s case.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.But, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.What is the meaning of this excerpt?

A
Puritans plant a rosebush near the prison to comfort criminals.
B
The rosebush is more beautiful and fragile than anything else near the prison.
C
The rosebush is nature’s offering to those who must enter or leave the prison.
D
Puritans believe that criminals deserve a view of beauty from their cells.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and grisly presence of the town-beadle, with a sword by his side and his staff of office in his hand.Which best describes the purpose of the words “black shadow,” “grim,” “grisly,” and “sword”?

A
to impart a sorrowful mood
B
to impart a solemn mood
C
to emphasize the early morning setting
D
to emphasize the beadle’s bravery
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Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.Lastly, in lieu of these shifting scenes, came back the rude market-place of the Puritan settlement, with all the townspeople assembled and levelling their stern regards at Hester Prynne,—yes, at herself,—who stood on the scaffold of the pillory, an infant on her arm, and the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom!What is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt?

A
They impart a mood of distress and shame.
B
They impart a mood of nostalgia and self-reflection.
C
They provide a visual image of the violent setting.
D
They provide historical insight into the Puritan setting.
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Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after Hester appears in front of the crowd?

A
Onlookers react to the beadle’s cruelty.
B
Onlookers react to the innocence of the baby.
C
Onlookers react to Hester’s embroidered letter.
D
Onlookers react to Hester’s humility.

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