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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 see near the apron, keeping watch over it?
(a) A black cat.
(b) A vulture.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A snake.

2. When the narrator says that Tom has built his house out of ostentation, what does this mean Tom's motive was?
(a) To fill a necessary purpose.
(b) To intimidate his neighbors.
(c) To show off.
(d) To glorify the devil.

3. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?
(a) He has horns.
(b) He has red eyes.
(c) He smells of sulfur.
(d) His voice is like a snake's hiss.

4. What does the narrator say that savin trees symbolize?
(a) Hypocrisy.
(b) Sterility.
(c) Anger.
(d) Greed.

5. What do Tom's neighbors do about the constant fighting in the Walker house?
(a) They stop in to try to find out what is wrong.
(b) They ignore it.
(c) They ask Tom about it privately.
(d) They call the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator metaphorically compare the financial speculation of Governor Belcher's time?

2. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?

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

4. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?

5. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?

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