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

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

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

4. The narrator says that it is possible that Tom's wife was lost in a slough. Where would this mean she was lost?
(a) In a pit.
(b) In forest.
(c) In wetland.
(d) In a cave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom agrees to become a usurer. What job is he saying he will do?

2. What does the countryman say he saw happen to Tom Walker?

3. What do Tom's neighbors do about the constant fighting in the Walker house?

4. There is a rumor that Tom's wife's hat was found floating on top of what?

5. What tool does the devil carry?

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