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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. Whom does the narrator seem to blame for the situation of Tom's clients?
(a) The devil and the government.
(b) The government and the clients.
(c) The clients and Tom.
(d) Tom and the devil.

2. What does the narrator say that savin trees symbolize?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Sterility.
(d) Greed.

3. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?
(a) His wife's heart and liver.
(b) A skull.
(c) Valuable silver.
(d) Gold coins.

4. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?
(a) His voice is like a snake's hiss.
(b) He smells of sulfur.
(c) He has red eyes.
(d) He has horns.

5. What part of the fort remains standing?
(a) Some partial walls.
(b) Some mounded up earth.
(c) A cellar.
(d) An alter to the devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tom happy to see the apron?

2. What word does the narrator use twice to describe the situation of Tom's clients?

3. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?

4. Tom agrees to become a usurer. What job is he saying he will do?

5. By what name does Tom call the devil?

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