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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the fort remains standing?
(a) An alter to the devil.
(b) Some partial walls.
(c) Some mounded up earth.
(d) A cellar.

2. What does the narrator compare Tom's clients to?
(a) Crops.
(b) Sponges.
(c) Children.
(d) Sheep.

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

4. What does Tom notice about the tallest trees in the swamp?
(a) They have all been cut down.
(b) They are all rotten inside.
(c) They each bear the name of a prominent citizen.
(d) They all have the marks of a recent fire.

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

6. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?
(a) A claw mark.
(b) A red mark in the shape of an axe.
(c) A black fingerprint.
(d) An upside-down cross.

7. What do Tom's neighbors do about the constant fighting in the Walker house?
(a) They call the police.
(b) They ignore it.
(c) They ask Tom about it privately.
(d) They stop in to try to find out what is wrong.

8. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A black cat.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A snake.

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

10. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?
(a) A flood.
(b) A fire.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A hurricane.

11. What is the rumor in town about Absalom Crowninshield?
(a) That he is a money lender.
(b) That he is a pirate.
(c) That he has taken bribes.
(d) That he is a slave trader.

12. Tom Walker is described as meager and miserly. What kind of a person is he?
(a) He lives in luxury through cheating and stealing.
(b) He insists on living so cheaply that he does not have the ordinary comforts of life.
(c) He lives in poverty because he gives away most of what he earns.
(d) He hoards money so that he can life a lavish lifestyle.

13. There is a rumor that Tom's wife's hat was found floating on top of what?
(a) A cenote.
(b) A holt.
(c) A knoll.
(d) A quagmire.

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

15. What unusual slang word does the devil use for money?
(a) Rhino.
(b) Skins.
(c) Poppet.
(d) Bobbin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose clothing does the devil's clothing resemble?

2. Where does Tom open his business?

3. What happens to all of Tom's money and property at the end of the story?

4. Which city is close to the setting of "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

5. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?

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