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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 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.

2. Why does Tom tell his wife about his meeting with the devil?
(a) He is hoping that his wife will take his place in his bargain with the devil.
(b) He and his wife have no secrets from one another.
(c) He is uneasy about the meeting and needs to tell someone what happened.
(d) The devil said that he would only make the bargain if Tom told his wife.

3. What does Tom find in the mud of the swamp?
(a) A piece of gold.
(b) A serpent.
(c) The remains of a sacrifice to the devil.
(d) A human skull.

4. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?
(a) A black fingerprint.
(b) A red mark in the shape of an axe.
(c) An upside-down cross.
(d) A claw mark.

5. What can a reader infer is one of the devil's conditions in the bargain he makes with Tom?
(a) Tom will not tell anyone where he got the money.
(b) Tom will not get the money until he makes a sacrifice to the devil.
(c) Tom will bring the devil other people to make bargains with.
(d) Tom will give his soul to the devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?

2. Why does the narrator say that Tom starts criticizing his neighbors?

3. Tom's wife is described as a termagant--what kind of person does this mean she is?

4. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?

5. By what name does Tom call the devil?

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