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

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

3. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?
(a) They chopped off his head.
(b) They hung him.
(c) They crucified him.
(d) They roasted him.

4. 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.

5. Part of the story is set in a morass. What kind of location is this?
(a) A mountaintop.
(b) A muddy or boggy area.
(c) A flat area where a river enters the sea.
(d) An overgrown field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom's wife is described as a termagant--what kind of person does this mean she is?

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

3. What word does the narrator use twice to describe the situation of Tom's clients?

4. Who is William Kidd?

5. What is Tom's reaction to the disappearance and likely death of his wife?

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