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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Devil and Tom Walker".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom Walker is described as meager and miserly. What kind of a person is he?
(a) He lives in poverty because he gives away most of what he earns.
(b) He lives in luxury through cheating and stealing.
(c) He hoards money so that he can life a lavish lifestyle.
(d) He insists on living so cheaply that he does not have the ordinary comforts of life.

2. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They are starving.
(b) They are more expensive than most people's houses.
(c) They are stolen from a neighbor.
(d) They were a gift from the devil.

3. What does Tom's wife take with her when she goes into the swamp for the second time?
(a) A rifle.
(b) Their horse.
(c) All of their valuables.
(d) A Bible.

4. What is the first thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain with the devil?
(a) He moves to another town.
(b) He becomes an eager church-goer.
(c) He tries unsuccessfully to sell his business.
(d) He offers the devil a different soul in place of his own.

5. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?
(a) A black fingerprint.
(b) A claw mark.
(c) A red mark in the shape of an axe.
(d) An upside-down cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what land feature did the old Native stronghold stand?

2. What does Tom begin keeping on the desk in his office?

3. When the narrator refers to Tom's parsimony, what characteristic is being discussed?

4. Why does Tom decide that he will not agree to the devil's bargain?

5. Why does the narrator say that only Tom Walker would have the nerve to stop at the Native stronghold in the sawmp?

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