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

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

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

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

5. What tool does the devil carry?
(a) A blacksmith's hammer.
(b) An axe.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A pitchfork.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?

2. Why is Tom's business immediately successful?

3. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?

4. What is Tom's reaction to the idea of being a usurer?

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

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