Characters
This woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" for adultery.
Who is Hester Pryne.
The letter Hester must wear stands for this sin.
What is adultery.
The novel takes place in this Massachusetts Puritan city.
What is Boston.
Hester stands on this platform as public punishment.
What is the scaffold.
This American writer wrote the Novel.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hester's daughter, known for her strange and lively behavior.
Who is Pearl
The scarlet "A" is embroidered in this bright color.
What is scarlet (red).
The story occurs in this century.
What is the 17th century.
This minister is secretly Pearl's father.
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale.
The book was published in this year.
What is 1850.
Hester's husband returns using this name.
What is Roger Chillingworth.
Pearl is often seen as a symbol of this result of Hester's sin.
What is the living symbol of sin/consequences of the affair.
The strict religious community follow this Christian group.
What is the Puritans.
Chillingworth becomes this to get close to Dimmesdale.
What is a physician/doctor.
What is American.
This minister suffers from guilt throughout the story.
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale.
In the sky, some townspeople think they see this letter appear.
What is the letter A.
Hester lives on the edge of town in this type of small home.
What is a cottage.
Dimmesdale climbs the scaffold at night with Hester and Pearl.
What is the midnight scaffold scene.
What is guilt/sin.
This character seeks revenge on Dimmesdale.
Who is Roger Chillingworth.
By the end of the story, some people believe the "A" stands for this positive trait of Hester.
What is able.
This story takes place in this American colony before independence.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
In the final scaffold scene, Dimmesdale does this shocking act.
What is confessing his sin publicly.
What is Massachusetts.