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

2. 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 burst into flames and then disappeared.
(c) He was carried into the swamp by a horse just as the forest went up in flames.
(d) He was flying through the air and dropped into the ocean.

3. To what does the narrator metaphorically compare the financial speculation of Governor Belcher's time?
(a) An illness.
(b) A plague of locusts.
(c) A bubble.
(d) A doomed ship voyage.

4. What is one source of trouble in Tom Walker's marriage?
(a) Tom is physically abusive toward his wife.
(b) Tom's wife hides resources from him and keeps them for herself.
(c) Tom's wife often disappears into the forest overnight.
(d) Tom refuses to buy the luxuries his wife feels she deserves.

5. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) The Black Woodsman.
(c) The Blacksmith.
(d) Beelzebub.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?

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

4. Why does the devil say that he has a right to cut wood on this land?

5. Why does the narrator say that only Tom Walker would have the nerve to stop at the Native stronghold in the sawmp?

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