View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Tom open his business?
(a) Salem.
(b) Washington.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

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

4. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?
(a) Tom Walker finds it first.
(b) He converts and does not want ill-gotten treasure.
(c) Someone moves it.
(d) He is executed.

5. What is true of the tree with Deacon Peabody's name on it?
(a) It is rotten inside.
(b) It stands apart from all of the other trees.
(c) It has fallen to the ground.
(d) The devil is burning it when Tom arrives.

6. Tom agrees to become a usurer. What job is he saying he will do?
(a) He will loan money at high interest rates.
(b) He will become a landlord.
(c) He will invest money on behalf of other people.
(d) He will buy and sell land.

7. What is the weather like on Tom's last day?
(a) It is unseasonably hot.
(b) A storm is brewing.
(c) It rains nonstop.
(d) It snows in the middle of summer.

8. In the version of the story that the narrator says is most likely to be true, what draws Tom's attention to the tree where his wife's apron hangs?
(a) Her name scratched into the bark of the tree.
(b) An eerie red light.
(c) The tree is encircled with snakes.
(d) The sound of crows calling.

9. Why is Tom's business immediately successful?
(a) There is a rush to buy land in the West.
(b) There has been a series of large fires and people need to rebuild.
(c) There has been a recent financial crisis.
(d) There has been a recent wave of immigration.

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

11. Tom's house is described as forlorn. What kind of house is it?
(a) Sad and lonely.
(b) Overdecorated.
(c) Tall and imposing.
(d) Falling apart.

12. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They are more expensive than most people's houses.
(b) They were a gift from the devil.
(c) They are stolen from a neighbor.
(d) They are starving.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is financial speculation?

2. What is the reason the narrator gives for Tom not fearing the devil?

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

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

5. What does Tom see at the base of the tree where the apron hangs?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 611 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample