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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what land feature did the old Native stronghold stand?
(a) An island.
(b) A peninsula.
(c) A hill.
(d) A plateau.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Tom see at the base of the tree where the apron hangs?
(a) One of his wife's shoes.
(b) Evidence that his wife fought with the devil.
(c) Shovel marks in the dirt.
(d) Axe marks in the bark.

11. What word does the narrator use twice to describe the situation of Tom's clients?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Unexpected.
(c) Fortunate.
(d) Dubious.

12. Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) Stephen Vincent Benét
(c) Geoffery Crayon.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

13. Who is William Kidd?
(a) A prominent citizen of Tom Walker's town.
(b) A neighbor of Tom Walker's.
(c) The governor of Massachusetts.
(d) A sailor accused of being a pirate.

14. What news does Tom's wife have for him when he returns from the swamp?
(a) The governor himself has been to visit them.
(b) A great treasure has been mysteriously left on their step.
(c) Their horse has escaped and they need to replace it.
(d) Absalom Crowninshield has died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom Walker originally go into the swamp?

2. Where does Tom open his business?

3. Why does Tom's wife go into the swamp, looking for the devil?

4. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?

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

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