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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 third thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain?
(a) Converts to an anabaptist sect.
(b) Has his horse buried upside down.
(c) Burns his house to the ground.
(d) Changes his name.

2. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They are starving.
(b) They are more expensive than most people's houses.
(c) They are stolen from a neighbor.
(d) They were a gift from the devil.

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

4. What tone does the narrator adopt when saying that Tom is a friend to his clients?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Nostalgic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom find in the mud of the swamp?

2. What does Tom refuse to do with the money?

3. Who is said to have been present when the treasure was buried?

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

5. What does Tom notice about the tallest trees in the swamp?

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