Answer:
A. The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.
Explanation:
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", the story of a woman named Hester Prynne who was accused of adultery. She had been kept in the prison with her infant daughter, with the letter "A" on her breast, suggestive of her adultery crime.
The excerpt in the question is from the first chapter of the story titled "The Prison Door". This part details the history and location of the prison where Hester was kept. The excerpt tells of how the prison house had began, along with the burial ground that first had it's occupant in the form of Isaac Johnson. The passage shows that the prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery eventually expanding in size from its original plot.
