1.Who are the two men who arrive in town to look at Hester on the pillory and that she later recognizes?
2.Where was Hester’s husband while she was having an affair?
3.Why, in your opinion, has Hester not provided the identity of the father to the magistrate (judge)?
4.What is her official punishment?
5.How does the author feel about the magistrates and religious leaders that sit in judgment of Hester? Is it positive or negative? Give 2 examples from the text.
6.What does John Wilson want to do to Hester? What prevents him from doing so?
7.Describe Reverend Dimmesdale.
8.Why is it ironic that Dimmesdale is questioning and accusing Hester?
9.How would you feel if you were in Rev. Dimmesdale’s position?
10.What will happen if the boy’s father is not named?
11.Why causes the interior of the prison to have a “lurid gleam” at the end of the chapter?
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