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.

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."