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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 narrator say that savin trees symbolize?
(a) Sterility.
(b) Greed.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Anger.

2. What does the narrator compare Tom's clients to?
(a) Children.
(b) Sponges.
(c) Crops.
(d) Sheep.

3. What is financial speculation?
(a) A joking term for illegal gambling.
(b) A group of expert opinions about the economy.
(c) Illegal investing by people with inside information.
(d) Buying something with the hope that it will rapidly increase in value.

4. What does the devil have all over his skin?
(a) Soot.
(b) Blood.
(c) Mud.
(d) Scales.

5. Who is said to have been present when the treasure was buried?
(a) A whaler.
(b) Tom Walker.
(c) Geoffery Crayon.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?

2. What makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?

3. Why does Tom's wife go into the swamp, looking for the devil?

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

5. What is Tom's reaction to the idea of being a usurer?

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