THE SCARLET LETTER  REVIEW QUESTIONS             

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CHAPTER XV (15)

1. What realization did Hester come to at the beginning of the chapter regarding Roger Chillingworth?
2. What did she feel was Roger’s list of offences?
3. Summarize Pearl’s behavior while Hester has been talking to Roger.
4. What does Pearl ornament herself with? (Hint: it upsets her mother)
5. What did Pearl do repeatedly that prompted Hester to lock her daughter in a closet?

CHAPTER XVI (16)

1. Why does Hester take a walk in the forest?
2. In what way do the chapter’s descriptive passages of the forest connect with Hester?
3. What does Pearl notice about the sunshine while she and her mother walk in the forest?
4. What archetypal character is mentioned in this chapter?