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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 decide that he will not agree to the devil's bargain?
(a) Because his wife convinces him to ask for more money.
(b) Because he does not want to risk his soul.
(c) Because he believes that the devil will try to trick him.
(d) Because it will please his wife if he does it.

2. To whom does Tom think the forested swampland belongs?
(a) Deacon Peabody.
(b) Absalom Crowninshield
(c) The devil.
(d) The local Native tribe.

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

4. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?
(a) His voice is like a snake's hiss.
(b) He smells of sulfur.
(c) He has red eyes.
(d) He has horns.

5. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?
(a) He is executed.
(b) Tom Walker finds it first.
(c) Someone moves it.
(d) He converts and does not want ill-gotten treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?

2. Whom does the narrator seem to blame for the situation of Tom's clients?

3. The narrator says that it is possible that Tom's wife was lost in a slough. Where would this mean she was lost?

4. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?

5. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?

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