Reading Guide for Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil"

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

Minister's name? Fiancé's name?
What effect did the veil have when the congregation first saw it? How did that effect change over time?
What were some of the various explanations by members of the congregation for this strange object? Which of the explanations was finally strongest?
What effect was the veil and Hooper said to have had on the corpse at the funeral?
When will all the veils of all the people be taken away?
What effect did the veil have on the wedding?
When Mr. Hooper saw himself in the mirror, how did the veil affect him?
What's Elizabeth's relationship to Hooper? What eventually happens to her? What does she become?
What did Hooper see when he looked into the burial ground?
Eventually, when Hooper got older, the community began to call him . . . "?
Who was Hooper most close to, most attached to when he died? (trick question?)
On his deathbed, what did Hooper say was the real reason children ran from him and people shrank from him?