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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 is Tom happy to see the apron?
(a) He believes that it contains valuable items.
(b) He thinks it means his wife may be nearby.
(c) He thinks that his wife left it as a sign to him.
(d) He believes that it means his wife is dead.

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

3. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They are more expensive than most people's houses.
(b) They are stolen from a neighbor.
(c) They are starving.
(d) They were a gift from the devil.

4. What is true of the tree with Deacon Peabody's name on it?
(a) It is rotten inside.
(b) It has fallen to the ground.
(c) It stands apart from all of the other trees.
(d) The devil is burning it when Tom arrives.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?

4. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?

5. According to the narrator, why does Tom not immediately agree to the devil's bargain?

(see the answer key)

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