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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 his third attempt to evade the devil shows about Tom?
(a) He is unusually clever.
(b) He is extremely naive.
(c) He is a very persistent man.
(d) He has lost his mind.

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

3. In the passage about Tom's activities in church, what aspect of his character is being stressed?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Miserliness.
(d) Hypocrisy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it take Tom a long time to get through the swamp?

2. What tool does the devil carry?

3. In the version of the story that the narrator says is most likely to be true, what draws Tom's attention to the tree where his wife's apron hangs?

4. What is one source of trouble in Tom Walker's marriage?

5. The narrator says that the timing for Tom's business is propitious. What kind of timing would this be?

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