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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the sound of Tom's carriage wheels?
(a) The clinking of coins.
(b) The souls of his clients.
(c) The laughter of the devil.
(d) The creaking of the trees in the swamp.

2. What does the narrator compare Tom's clients to?
(a) Crops.
(b) Sponges.
(c) Children.
(d) Sheep.

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

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

5. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A black cat.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A snake.

6. What does the devil have all over his skin?
(a) Blood.
(b) Soot.
(c) Mud.
(d) Scales.

7. The narrator says that the timing for Tom's business is propitious. What kind of timing would this be?
(a) In advance of need.
(b) Unlucky.
(c) Favorable.
(d) Too late to make a difference.

8. Who is William Kidd?
(a) A sailor accused of being a pirate.
(b) The governor of Massachusetts.
(c) A neighbor of Tom Walker's.
(d) A prominent citizen of Tom Walker's town.

9. What does Tom refuse to do with the money?
(a) Open a church.
(b) Run for office.
(c) Purchase a commission in the military.
(d) Become a slave trader.

10. What is the second thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain?
(a) He starts carrying a Bible in his pocket.
(b) He sells his house and donates the money to charity.
(c) He begins giving refunds to old clients.
(d) He asks a preacher to bless him.

11. When the narrator says that Tom has built his house out of ostentation, what does this mean Tom's motive was?
(a) To fill a necessary purpose.
(b) To intimidate his neighbors.
(c) To glorify the devil.
(d) To show off.

12. Where does Tom open his business?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Washington.
(d) Salem.

13. What is one source of trouble in Tom Walker's marriage?
(a) Tom's wife hides resources from him and keeps them for herself.
(b) Tom's wife often disappears into the forest overnight.
(c) Tom refuses to buy the luxuries his wife feels she deserves.
(d) Tom is physically abusive toward his wife.

14. Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) Geoffery Crayon.
(b) Washington Irving.
(c) Stephen Vincent Benét
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

15. What is Tom's reaction to the disappearance and likely death of his wife?
(a) It makes him afraid.
(b) He is angry.
(c) It cheers him up.
(d) He is in shock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual slang word does the devil use for money?

2. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?

3. What tone does the narrator adopt when saying that Tom is a friend to his clients?

4. What can a reader infer is one of the devil's conditions in the bargain he makes with Tom?

5. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?

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