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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 Tom refuse to do with the money?
(a) Run for office.
(b) Become a slave trader.
(c) Purchase a commission in the military.
(d) Open a church.

2. Which city is close to the setting of "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) Washington.
(b) New York.
(c) Salem.
(d) Boston.

3. Why does Tom's wife go into the swamp, looking for the devil?
(a) She wants to tell the devil to stay away from her husband.
(b) She wants to strike the bargain with him herself.
(c) She does not believe Tom and wants to see for herself.
(d) She wants to argue for more money.

4. Why does the devil say that he has a right to cut wood on this land?
(a) He says that the owner sold it to him.
(b) He says that the entire earth belongs to him.
(c) He says that it belonged to him long before Europeans came to North America.
(d) He says that he owns the soul of its owner.

5. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?
(a) A claw mark.
(b) A black fingerprint.
(c) An upside-down cross.
(d) A red mark in the shape of an axe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?

2. In the passage about Tom's activities in church, what aspect of his character is being stressed?

3. When the narrator says that Tom has built his house out of ostentation, what does this mean Tom's motive was?

4. What do Tom's neighbors do about the constant fighting in the Walker house?

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

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