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The
Scarlet Letter
Stage 4
activities answers
Before Reading
TO 5 WHILE
6CHAPTERS
How . . .?3Philip
didntREADING
win either race. He came in
1 F
People
gave
Hester
a lot
of work
because her
second on Daylight, and
third
on Chainmail.
needlework
was sothat
good.
7 What
. . .? He learnt
George had stopped at
2 Lance
F People
wantedhouse
to take
away
Hester
Kinships
forPearl
a drink
onfrom
his way
home.
because
they
thought
it
would
be
better
for
the
8 Why . . .? Because Yaxley was home from Hong
child
to
grow
up
in
a
more
godly
home
than
Kong just three weeks after Georges death.
Hesters.
9 What
. . .? It helped the wives and children of dead
3 T
and injured jockeys.
4 T
reAdIng ChApTer 10
5Before
F Arthur
Dimmesdale never talked about the
Encourage
students
to speculate
to make often
sickness of his soul,
although and
Chillingworth
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answer.
They will
tried to make him.
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
answer
is
number
6 F When Arthur told people that he was a hateful2.
sinner, 10
they
believe
him and said he was a
ChApTers
Todid
13 not
whIlE
READING
strong
andtogodly
man.
1 Lord
White,
Philip,
about the photographs that
7 F
WhenDana
Arthur
saw
Hester
and Pearl,
he asked
showed
and
Ivor
den Relgan
as lovers.
them
to
come
up
and
stand
with
him
2 Harold, to Philip, about Ivor den Relganon
nothe
longer
scaffold.
being in the Jockey Club.
83 T
Elgin Yaxley, to Philip, about Philip asking him for
more money for the Injured Jockeys Fund.
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 6
4Encourage
Mrs Jackson
(Philips
neighbour),
to course
Philip, about
students
to discuss
which
of
the
man
from
the
water
company
who
camewhy
to
action Hester should follow and to explain
check
Philips
pipes.
they think this, but do not give the answers. In fact,
5she
Ivor
den Relgan, to Philip, about burning George
does
Millaces
numbers
3 house.
and 5, and plans to do number 4.
6 Clare, to Philip, about his injuries, which she
CHAPTERS
6 TO
8 WHILE
READING
realized had
been
caused
by a beating, not a fall
1+12
had the respect of many people now
fromHester
a horse.
she worked
hard
and the
livedlist
a godly
life.
7 Danabecause
den Relgan,
to Philip,
about
she had
2+15
Roger
had
changed
from
a
kind
person
into
an
written on a packet of cigarettes for George Millace.
evil one
after he had
spentabout
seven the
years
getting a
8 The police
inspector,
to Philip,
hydrogen
cruelgas
revenge.
sulphide
in Philips water filter that nearly killed
3+9
Hester wanted Roger to forgive her and Arthur
Jeremy.
and become a wise, kind man again but Roger
Before reAdIng ChApTer 14
thought it was too late for that now.
Encourage
students
tolife
speculate
andfor
toHester
make
4+11
Arthur
thought
was easier
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answers.
because everyone knew about her sin.They will
find
out
as they
read Arthur
that thetoanswers
are 1c
5+16 Hester
advised
leave Boston
soand
that
2b. he could begin a happy life somewhere else.
6+13
Arthur
was16
worried
about getting to know Pearl
ChApTers
14 To
whIlE READING
because
children
did
usually
like him.
On the diazo film and papernot
Philip
discovered
a list
7+10
Pearl
did
not
want
to
go
to
her
mother
until
of names, dates, and drugs, and a letter written
by she
put the
scarletKinship.
letter back
on herofbosom.
Georgehad
Millace
to Lance
Because
this
8+14
Hester
return
England
letter, he
knewand
thatArthur
Lance decided
Kinshipto
had
killedtoGeorge.
since
there
they
could
live
a
quiet
life
more
Philips mother had died from drugs, so Philip planned
to makeeasily.
Lance Kinship give him the names of people
who sold drugs. He would then give these names to
the drugs police.
Victor Briggs told Philip he would stop asking him
to lose races. However, Philip decided to become a
photographer, leave Lambourn, and marry Clare.
Before READING
reading ACTIVITIES
activities (PAGE
(page 76)
92)
BEFORE
BEFOREREADING
READING
ACTIVITY 1 BEFORE
1 F 2 T 3 sensitive
T 4 F 5discussion
T 6 F 7of
F the issues
Encourage
involved. The Puritans would probably agree with
ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING
numbers 1, 5, 7, and possibly 4.
Encourage students to speculate and to make
guesses, but
do notREADING
tell them the answers. They will
ACTIVITY
2 BEFORE
find out as students
they readtothat
the answers
1a, 1c
Encourage
speculate
and toare
make
(but for the
Jockeys
not himself),
guesses,
but Injured
do not tell
themFund,
the answers.
They 2a,
will
2b, 2d.
find
out as they read that the answers are:
Hester: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
Hesters child: 7
Hesters lover: 2, 5, 8
Hesters
husband: 1
ChApTers 1 To 5 whIlE READING
While Reading
While Reading
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After Reading
ACTIVITY 1 AFTER READING
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