QUESTIONS+FOR+CHAPTER+8


 * 1) Who are the guests at Governor Bellingham’s mansion?
 * 2) Where is Hester when the men first enter?
 * 3) With what things do the men compare Pearl? With what do they compare Hester?
 * 4) What arguments does Governor Bellingham give to Hester in support of taking Pearl away from her?
 * 5) What does Hester say in response?
 * 6) What does Reverend Wilson ask Pearl to do?
 * 7) Does Pearl know the right answer?
 * 8) What answer does she give him?
 * 9) What does Hester notice about Roger Chillingworth?
 * 10) What is Governor Bellingham’s response to what Pearl does and says?
 * 11) What arguments does Hester make in response to Governor Bellingham? Summarize them in your own words.
 * 12)  Whom does Hester ask to intercede on her behalf?
 * 13) What does this person do BEFORE speaking?
 * 14) Summarize, in your own words, what this person says in defense of Hester.
 * 15)  What does Chillingworth notice about the speaker?
 * 16) What does Bellingham finally decide to do?
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif';">Where is Dimmesdale when Bellingham says what his decision is?
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif';">Describe the interaction between Pearl and Dimmesdale.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif';">What does Chillingworth wonder aloud? What is Wilson’s reply?
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif';">Upon leaving, Hester is said to have encountered someone. Describe that encounter and the significance of the chapter’s last line.