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

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

3. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?
(a) The Black Woodsman.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Beelzebub.
(d) The Blacksmith.

4. 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.

5. What is Tom's reaction to the idea of being a usurer?
(a) He is enthusiastic and willing to do even more than the devil asks.
(b) He is strongly opposed but finally agrees.
(c) He agrees but only because he misunderstands the devil's intentions.
(d) He is reluctant but understands that it is an important service to the community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's reaction to the disappearance and likely death of his wife?

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

3. What part of the fort remains standing?

4. Tom Walker is described as meager and miserly. What kind of a person is he?

5. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?

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