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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. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?
(a) Thick stands of evergreen trees.
(b) Burrows and hollows where animals live.
(c) Soft, wet ground that gives way underfoot.
(d) Dead, floating timber and brush.

2. How does Tom treat his most needy clients?
(a) He takes advantage of their need to drive especially hard bargains with them.
(b) He mocks them and is openly rude.
(c) He breaks the rules of his bargain with the devil to help them.
(d) He pretends that he will help them, then refuses to do business with them.

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

4. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They are more expensive than most people's houses.
(b) They were a gift from the devil.
(c) They are starving.
(d) They are stolen from a neighbor.

5. To whom does Tom think the forested swampland belongs?
(a) The local Native tribe.
(b) The devil.
(c) Absalom Crowninshield
(d) Deacon Peabody.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the devil have all over his skin?

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

4. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?

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

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