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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 the second thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain?
(a) He sells his house and donates the money to charity.
(b) He asks a preacher to bless him.
(c) He begins giving refunds to old clients.
(d) He starts carrying a Bible in his pocket.

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

3. What is true of the tree Tom is sitting on?
(a) It bears the name of Absalom Crowninshield.
(b) It bears Tom's own name.
(c) The devil claims that it fell down on its own.
(d) The devil has lit it on fire.

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

5. What does Tom refuse to do with the money?
(a) Open a church.
(b) Purchase a commission in the military.
(c) Become a slave trader.
(d) Run for office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?

2. Tom's house is described as forlorn. What kind of house is it?

3. Why does Tom tell his wife about his meeting with the devil?

4. What causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?

5. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?

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