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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 tradition does Tom say should be revived?
(a) The persecution of other religious sects.
(b) War with Native tribes.
(c) Public hangings.
(d) The witch trials.

2. 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 not get the money until he makes a sacrifice to the devil.
(c) Tom will bring the devil other people to make bargains with.
(d) Tom will give his soul to the devil.

3. What is Tom doing at the office on his last day?
(a) Accepting an offer to run for governor.
(b) Buying the land the swamp sits on.
(c) Foreclosing a mortgage.
(d) Selling his business.

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

5. In the passage about Tom's activities in church, what aspect of his character is being stressed?
(a) Miserliness.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Selfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that savin trees symbolize?

2. What does the narrator say is hard to believe about the conversation between Tom and the devil?

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

4. Where does Tom open his business?

5. Whom does the narrator seem to blame for the situation of Tom's clients?

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