The Scarlet Letter ch. 1-8

2. compared to a tropical bird of rich plumage (ch. 8)
4. town in which the novel takes place (ch. 1)
7. Pearl pretends these are Puritan children (ch. 6)
8. using an allusion, Hawthorne compares the governor's house to his palace (ch. 7)
9. only time Hester can rest is when Pearl is doing this (ch. 6)
11. invites Hester to the forest; later executed as a witch (ch. 2 & 8)
13. using a Biblical allusion Hawthorne compares the scarlet letter to a mark on his brow (ch. 5)
14. Chillingworth's left one is higher than his right (ch. 2-3)
15. punishment suggested by one of the older women in the crowd (ch. 2)
16. older minister in the town (ch. 3 & 8)
17. month in which the opening scene occurs (ch. 1)
20. governor of the town (ch. 3, 7, 8)
24. person in the crowd with the most sympathy toward Hester (ch. 2)
25. another name for a physician in the book (ch. 4, 7, 8)
26. Pearl tells Hester she does not have a _______ (ch. 6)
28. on the outskirts of town, abandoned (ch. 5)
29. arrives in town with a Native American (ch. 3)

1. another name for the devil used by the Puritans (ch. 4 & 8)
3. religious liberal who believed in individual relationships with God and was thus persecuted by the Puritans (ch. 1)
5. a large one of these is growing in Bellingham's garden (ch. 7)
6. looks pale; holds hand over his heart (ch. 3 & 8)
7. occasion for which Hester is never asked to sew (ch. 5)
10. Chillingworth's real last name (ch. 3,4)
12. made of fine red cloth with flourishes of gold thread (ch. 2)
18. the black flower of civilized society (ch. 1)
19. number of hours Hester is required to stand upon the scaffold (ch. 3)
21. using a Biblical allusion a townsman tells Chillingworth there is no ____ to solve the mystery of the identity of the baby's father (ch. 3)
22. guides Hester from prison, although she shakes his hand off her shoulder (ch. 2)
23. sprung up under Ann Hutchinson's footsteps (ch. 1)
27. imaginary place where everything is good (ch. 1)