Vocabulary:  vagary, parable, venerable, pathos, emblem, sagacious, prodigy, remonstrance, type, torpor

1. Who is the narrator?
2. 'Minister's name? Fiancé's name?
3. Describe how the Sunday Service is transformed on that fateful Sunday morning when Reverend Hooper began wearing the black veil?
4. What was the subject of his sermon that morning?
5. Why do the townspeople never force Reverend Hooper to explain his reason for donning the veil?
6. What did the superstitious woman swore happened at the afternoon service when Rev. Hooper leaned over the coffin to bid farewell to the deceased young lady? (Why does that funeral not take place in the church?)
7. What effect did the veil have on the wedding ceremony?
8. When Mr. Hooper saw himself in the mirror, while toasting at the wedding feast, how did the veil effect him?
9. What was Elizabeth's relationship to Hooper? What eventually happens to her?
10.  How effective was Reverend Hooper's ministry during his long life?
11. On his deathbed, what did Hooper say was the real reason why children ran from him and people shrank from him?