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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. To what does the narrator compare the sound of Tom's carriage wheels?
(a) The laughter of the devil.
(b) The clinking of coins.
(c) The souls of his clients.
(d) The creaking of the trees in the swamp.

2. How does Tom treat his most needy clients?
(a) He pretends that he will help them, then refuses to do business with them.
(b) He breaks the rules of his bargain with the devil to help them.
(c) He takes advantage of their need to drive especially hard bargains with them.
(d) He mocks them and is openly rude.

3. What can a reader infer is one of the devil's conditions in the bargain he makes with Tom?
(a) Tom will not tell anyone where he got the money.
(b) Tom will bring the devil other people to make bargains with.
(c) Tom will not get the money until he makes a sacrifice to the devil.
(d) Tom will give his soul to the devil.

4. What is the third thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain?
(a) Burns his house to the ground.
(b) Has his horse buried upside down.
(c) Changes his name.
(d) Converts to an anabaptist sect.

5. When the narrator refers to Tom's parsimony, what characteristic is being discussed?
(a) Hypocrisy.
(b) Evil.
(c) Cheapness.
(d) Trickery.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Tom call the devil?

2. What part of the fort remains standing?

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

4. Why does the narrator say that only Tom Walker would have the nerve to stop at the Native stronghold in the sawmp?

5. What does the narrator say his third attempt to evade the devil shows about Tom?

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