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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 is financial speculation?
(a) Illegal investing by people with inside information.
(b) A group of expert opinions about the economy.
(c) Buying something with the hope that it will rapidly increase in value.
(d) A joking term for illegal gambling.

2. What do Tom's neighbors do about the constant fighting in the Walker house?
(a) They ask Tom about it privately.
(b) They ignore it.
(c) They call the police.
(d) They stop in to try to find out what is wrong.

3. There is a rumor that Tom's wife's hat was found floating on top of what?
(a) A holt.
(b) A quagmire.
(c) A knoll.
(d) A cenote.

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

5. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?
(a) Valuable silver.
(b) His wife's heart and liver.
(c) A skull.
(d) Gold coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the fort remains standing?

2. What is one source of trouble in Tom Walker's marriage?

3. When the narrator refers to Tom's parsimony, what characteristic is being discussed?

4. What is true of the tree with Deacon Peabody's name on it?

5. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?

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