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

2. What is unusual about the house that Tom builds with the money he earns?
(a) It is mostly unfinished and has little furniture.
(b) It is made from rotted timber.
(c) It is in the middle of the swamp.
(d) It contains an alter to the devil.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?

2. What does Tom's wife take with her when she goes into the swamp for the second time?

3. What tool does the devil carry?

4. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?

5. What can a reader infer is one of the devil's conditions in the bargain he makes with Tom?

(see the answer key)

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