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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 does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?
(a) She disappeared a long time ago.
(b) No one but Tom seems to have really noticed her disappearance.
(c) The whole story is likely to be false.
(d) There are too many stories told by different historians.

2. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?
(a) By tempting anabaptists into sin.
(b) By encouraging war between Natives and Europeans.
(c) By helping the Puritans persecute other Christians.
(d) By making deals for the souls of Puritans.

3. What is the rumor in town about Absalom Crowninshield?
(a) That he is a pirate.
(b) That he is a money lender.
(c) That he has taken bribes.
(d) That he is a slave trader.

4. Whose clothing does the devil's clothing resemble?
(a) Puritan clothing.
(b) Native American clothing.
(c) African clothing.
(d) Quaker clothing.

5. To whom does Tom think the forested swampland belongs?
(a) The devil.
(b) Deacon Peabody.
(c) The local Native tribe.
(d) Absalom Crowninshield

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the pirate treasure buried?

2. Why does the narrator say that Tom starts criticizing his neighbors?

3. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?

4. To what does the narrator compare the sound of Tom's carriage wheels?

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

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