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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, why does Tom not immediately agree to the devil's bargain?
(a) Tom still does not believe that he is talking to the devil.
(b) The devil is not offering Tom enough money.
(c) What the devil wants from Tom is a serious thing that Tom wants to think over.
(d) Tom is afraid that his wife will just take the money and hide it.

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

4. What is true of the tree Tom is sitting on?
(a) The devil has lit it on fire.
(b) It bears the name of Absalom Crowninshield.
(c) It bears Tom's own name.
(d) The devil claims that it fell down on its own.

5. What tone does the narrator adopt when saying that Tom is a friend to his clients?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Condescending.

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

7. What does Tom begin keeping on the desk in his office?
(a) A gun.
(b) A cross.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A rabbit's foot.

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

9. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?
(a) Beelzebub.
(b) The Blacksmith.
(c) The Black Woodsman.
(d) Lucifer.

10. Whom does the narrator seem to blame for the situation of Tom's clients?
(a) The clients and Tom.
(b) Tom and the devil.
(c) The devil and the government.
(d) The government and the clients.

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

12. What tool does the devil carry?
(a) An axe.
(b) A blacksmith's hammer.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A pitchfork.

13. How does Tom seal his bargain with the devil?
(a) With a handshake.
(b) By cutting his thumb with the devil's knife.
(c) By signing a document.
(d) With a burnt offering.

14. What is Tom's first mistake on his last day?
(a) He forgets to lock his doors.
(b) He does not begin the day with a prayer.
(c) He says that the devil can take him if he has made any money from his client.
(d) He tries to cheat a man who has also made a bargain with the devil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?

2. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?

3. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?

4. Who is William Kidd?

5. What is the rumor in town about Absalom Crowninshield?

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