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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 makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?
(a) Tom's superstition.
(b) Tom's job.
(c) The nature of Tom's enemy.
(d) The use of the item later in the story.

2. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?
(a) No one but Tom seems to have really noticed her disappearance.
(b) There are too many stories told by different historians.
(c) She disappeared a long time ago.
(d) The whole story is likely to be false.

3. Why does Tom Walker originally go into the swamp?
(a) He is lost.
(b) He is looking for his wife.
(c) He has heard a rumor about the pirate treasure.
(d) He is trying to take a shortcut home.

4. What is Tom's reaction to the disappearance and likely death of his wife?
(a) It makes him afraid.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is in shock.
(d) It cheers him up.

5. What causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?
(a) He has a near-miss with a carriage accident.
(b) He thinks that he sees the ghost of his wife.
(c) He hears a traveling preacher speak.
(d) He gets older and begins to worry about death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare Tom's clients to?

2. Why does Tom decide that he will not agree to the devil's bargain?

3. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?

4. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?

5. Why is Tom's business immediately successful?

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