13. what is the best definition for the underlined word based on the following sentence?
"chillingworth, odious as he might be, came to care for pearl, much as a father would."

a. detestable
b. shy
c. miserable
d. caring

14.roger chillingworth exacting his revenge on reverend dimmesdale is an example of what type of conflict?

a. man versus nature
b. man versus society
c. man versus man
d. man versus self

15 in chapter 13 of the scarlet letter what crime does hester commit, which, if known by other puritans, would have resulted in her death?

a. she considers having another affair.
b. she speculates about the value of life and puritan values.
c. hester ponders running away from salem and abandoning her letter.
d. hester has contemplated killing those in the town who had made fun of her.

16. what inference can the reader make as to why hester prynne's daughter would turn her head away from the daylight, based on the following passage from chapter 2 of the scarlet letter?
"she bore in her arms a child, a baby of some three months old, who winked and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day; because its existence, heretofore, had brought it acquainted only with the gray twilight of a dungeon, or other darksome apartment of the prison."

a. the baby, being considered an impure demon due to her scandalous birth, is rejecting the sunlight.
b. the child had been born and raised inside of the prison, so wasn't used to the bright, natural daylight.
c. the child is too young to respond to the daylight, and is shocked when she sees it for the first time.
d. the baby didn't know how to respond to the noise from the crowd.

17. what is the best definition for the underlined word based on the following sentence?
"pearl was filled with a precocity unrivaled by that of any of her peers."

a. developmental delay caused by emotional problems
b. sarcasm
c. anger
d. intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development

13. A (DETESTABLE)

The underlined word, Odious, when put in the context of the given sentence, is best defined as DETESTABLE. The word ODIOUS is used to define a person that has some sort of attitude that is repulsive or unpleasant to others, such that people tend to stay away from such a person because his/her “odious” character make them feel uncomfortable.

14. C. (Man versus Man) 

The kind of literary conflict exhibited by Roger Chillingworth exacting his revenge on Reverend Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter is MAN VS.MAN. This kind of conflict occurs when one character is in conflict with another character. In this case, the conflict is between Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale, where the former has pitted himself against the latter.           

15. B. (She is speculating about the value of life and Puritan values).

In Chapter 13 of The Scarlet Letter, Hester had begun to speculate about her life, and also about her abandonment of the values of the Puritan society.  This speculation would have resulted in her death if known by other Puritans, because that would have been considered worse than committing adultery.

16. B. The child had been born and raised inside of the prison, so wasn't used to the bright, natural daylight.

From the excerpt, we can deduce that the reason why Hester Prynne's daughter, Pearl, turn her head away from the daylight is that she was not accustomed to such bright light because, until that moment, the little girl had only known the dim, gray light of the prison where she was born and raised.

17. D. Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!