QUESTIONS+FOR+CHAPTER+6

2. What is Pearl’s physical appearance? How does Hester dress her and why 3. What traits do Peal and her mother share? 4. Is Pearl an easy child to parent? Why or why not? 5. Describe the “certain peculiar look” that troubles Hester, and why it troubles her. 6. What games does Pearl play? What games do the other Puritan children play? What does this tell us about them?  7. How do mother and daughter respond to other town members they see?  8. Describe Pearl’s relationship to the scarlet letter Hester wears. How does Hester feel about this? 9. The final paragraphs of the chapter focus on a conversation between Pearl and her mother. What is the subject of this conversation? The attitudes of the participants?
 * 1) What is the reason behind Pearl’s name?