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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 significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A flood.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A fire.

2. Why does Tom's wife go into the swamp, looking for the devil?
(a) She wants to argue for more money.
(b) She wants to strike the bargain with him herself.
(c) She does not believe Tom and wants to see for herself.
(d) She wants to tell the devil to stay away from her husband.

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

4. Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Stephen Vincent Benét
(d) Geoffery Crayon.

5. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?
(a) By encouraging war between Natives and Europeans.
(b) By helping the Puritans persecute other Christians.
(c) By making deals for the souls of Puritans.
(d) By tempting anabaptists into sin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?

3. What is unusual about the house that Tom builds with the money he earns?

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

5. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?

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