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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. Where does Tom open his business?
(a) New York.
(b) Salem.
(c) Boston.
(d) Washington.

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

3. What news does Tom's wife have for him when he returns from the swamp?
(a) A great treasure has been mysteriously left on their step.
(b) The governor himself has been to visit them.
(c) Their horse has escaped and they need to replace it.
(d) Absalom Crowninshield has died.

4. Who is William Kidd?
(a) A neighbor of Tom Walker's.
(b) The governor of Massachusetts.
(c) A sailor accused of being a pirate.
(d) A prominent citizen of Tom Walker's town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's reaction to the idea of being a usurer?

2. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?

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

4. What does the devil have all over his skin?

5. Why does Tom Walker originally go into the swamp?

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