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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. What does Tom notice about the tallest trees in the swamp?
(a) They have all been cut down.
(b) They are all rotten inside.
(c) They each bear the name of a prominent citizen.
(d) They all have the marks of a recent fire.

2. What happens to all of Tom's money and property at the end of the story?
(a) Tom's cheated clients divide it among themselves.
(b) A mysterious man appears, claiming to be Tom's heir.
(c) Everything changes into ash, bone, and wood shavings.
(d) The town elders donate it to the church.

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

4. What does the countryman say he saw happen to Tom Walker?
(a) He was carried into the swamp by a horse just as the forest went up in flames.
(b) He burst into flames and then disappeared.
(c) He was pulled down the road by an unseen hand which then drowned him in the swamp.
(d) He was flying through the air and dropped into the ocean.

5. Why does Tom decide that he will not agree to the devil's bargain?
(a) Because it will please his wife if he does it.
(b) Because he believes that the devil will try to trick him.
(c) Because he does not want to risk his soul.
(d) Because his wife convinces him to ask for more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that savin trees symbolize?

2. To what does the narrator metaphorically compare the financial speculation of Governor Belcher's time?

3. What makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?

4. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?

5. Whom does the narrator seem to blame for the situation of Tom's clients?

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