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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's business immediately successful?
(a) There has been a recent financial crisis.
(b) There has been a recent wave of immigration.
(c) There has been a series of large fires and people need to rebuild.
(d) There is a rush to buy land in the West.
2. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?
(a) They hung him.
(b) They crucified him.
(c) They roasted him.
(d) They chopped off his head.
3. Why does the devil stay away from Tom for a while after Tom's wife disappears?
(a) The devil is trying to create a bargaining advantage.
(b) The devil knows that Tom is furious.
(c) The devil is giving Tom time to get over his fear.
(d) The devil has other business to attend to in a nearby town.
4. 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 was carried into the swamp by a horse just as the forest went up in flames.
(d) He burst into flames and then disappeared.
5. What is Tom's first mistake on his last day?
(a) He forgets to lock his doors.
(b) He tries to cheat a man who has also made a bargain with the devil.
(c) He does not begin the day with a prayer.
(d) He says that the devil can take him if he has made any money from his client.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
2. What happens to all of Tom's money and property at the end of the story?
3. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?
4. In the version of the story that the narrator says is most likely to be true, what draws Tom's attention to the tree where his wife's apron hangs?
5. According to the narrator, why does Tom not immediately agree to the devil's bargain?
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