How does the congregation

feel about Mr. Hooper's

sermon? What inferences

can you draw about the

sermon from their reactions?

Congregation got scared. Their reaction shows sermon was guilty of sins.

Explanation:

Mr. Hooper sermon is acting as a minster in a story named "Minister's black veil". The author of this story is Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this story, the minister who was pretending to be a good person was wicked. He was involved in adultery.

The Congregation was scared about Hooper's sermon's new looks. But Hooper did not bother about the reaction of the congregation.

Hooper"s veil fill the congregation with fear that their minister is also guilty of sins. The reaction of the congregation towards sermon shows that he had committed a crime.