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

2. What is Tom doing at the office on his last day?
(a) Accepting an offer to run for governor.
(b) Buying the land the swamp sits on.
(c) Foreclosing a mortgage.
(d) Selling his business.

3. What makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?
(a) Tom's superstition.
(b) Tom's job.
(c) The use of the item later in the story.
(d) The nature of Tom's enemy.

4. Why does the devil say that he has a right to cut wood on this land?
(a) He says that he owns the soul of its owner.
(b) He says that the owner sold it to him.
(c) He says that the entire earth belongs to him.
(d) He says that it belonged to him long before Europeans came to North America.

5. What does the narrator say his third attempt to evade the devil shows about Tom?
(a) He has lost his mind.
(b) He is a very persistent man.
(c) He is unusually clever.
(d) He is extremely naive.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the sound of Tom's carriage wheels?

2. What is financial speculation?

3. What happens to all of Tom's money and property at the end of the story?

4. What tool does the devil carry?

5. What is the rumor in town about Absalom Crowninshield?

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