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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. How does Tom treat his most needy clients?
(a) He pretends that he will help them, then refuses to do business with them.
(b) He takes advantage of their need to drive especially hard bargains with them.
(c) He mocks them and is openly rude.
(d) He breaks the rules of his bargain with the devil to help them.

2. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?
(a) Valuable silver.
(b) A skull.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) His wife's heart and liver.

3. On what land feature did the old Native stronghold stand?
(a) A hill.
(b) A peninsula.
(c) An island.
(d) A plateau.

4. What happens to all of Tom's money and property at the end of the story?
(a) Everything changes into ash, bone, and wood shavings.
(b) A mysterious man appears, claiming to be Tom's heir.
(c) The town elders donate it to the church.
(d) Tom's cheated clients divide it among themselves.

5. In the passage about Tom's activities in church, what aspect of his character is being stressed?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Miserliness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Hypocrisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom refuse to do with the money?

2. What is unusual about the house that Tom builds with the money he earns?

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

4. What is the first thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain with the devil?

5. What unusual slang word does the devil use for money?

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