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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 does Tom decide that he will not agree to the devil's bargain?
(a) Because his wife convinces him to ask for more money.
(b) Because he does not want to risk his soul.
(c) Because it will please his wife if he does it.
(d) Because he believes that the devil will try to trick him.

2. What does the devil have all over his skin?
(a) Scales.
(b) Blood.
(c) Soot.
(d) Mud.

3. By what name does Tom call the devil?
(a) Old Nick.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) Old Scratch.
(d) Satan.

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 burst into flames and then disappeared.
(d) He was carried into the swamp by a horse just as the forest went up in flames.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Part of the story is set in a morass. What kind of location is this?

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

3. On what land feature did the old Native stronghold stand?

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

5. According to the narrator, why does Tom not immediately agree to the devil's bargain?

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