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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. Whose clothing does the devil's clothing resemble?
(a) Native American clothing.
(b) Quaker clothing.
(c) Puritan clothing.
(d) African clothing.

2. What does the narrator say is hard to believe about the conversation between Tom and the devil?
(a) Even Tom Walker would not be foolish enough to talk to the devil.
(b) The devil sounds too much like an ordinary person.
(c) It sounds too familiar.
(d) There is no such thing as the devil.

3. What tradition does Tom say should be revived?
(a) The witch trials.
(b) Public hangings.
(c) War with Native tribes.
(d) The persecution of other religious sects.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like on Tom's last day?

2. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?

3. What is the reason the narrator gives for Tom not fearing the devil?

4. What do Tom's neighbors do about the constant fighting in the Walker house?

5. What word does the narrator use twice to describe the situation of Tom's clients?

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