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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the countryman say he saw happen to Tom Walker?
(a) He burst into flames and then disappeared.
(b) He was flying through the air and dropped into the ocean.
(c) He was carried into the swamp by a horse just as the forest went up in flames.
(d) He was pulled down the road by an unseen hand which then drowned him in the swamp.

2. What is Tom's reaction to the disappearance and likely death of his wife?
(a) It makes him afraid.
(b) He is in shock.
(c) He is angry.
(d) It cheers him up.

3. Where is the pirate treasure buried?
(a) On an island in the Charles Bay.
(b) In an abandoned fort.
(c) Beneath a tall oak.
(d) Under a fallen hemlock.

4. What makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?
(a) The nature of Tom's enemy.
(b) Tom's superstition.
(c) The use of the item later in the story.
(d) Tom's job.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator say that Tom starts criticizing his neighbors?
(a) Tom thinks that it makes him seem like a better person.
(b) They try to point out to him that he is selfish.
(c) They begin asking him for money.
(d) His panic is making him more and more angry.

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

12. When the narrator says that Tom has built his house out of ostentation, what does this mean Tom's motive was?
(a) To fill a necessary purpose.
(b) To intimidate his neighbors.
(c) To glorify the devil.
(d) To show off.

13. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?
(a) By making deals for the souls of Puritans.
(b) By helping the Puritans persecute other Christians.
(c) By tempting anabaptists into sin.
(d) By encouraging war between Natives and Europeans.

14. What does Tom find in the mud of the swamp?
(a) A human skull.
(b) A piece of gold.
(c) A serpent.
(d) The remains of a sacrifice to the devil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom begin keeping on the desk in his office?

2. What is Tom's reaction to the idea of being a usurer?

3. The narrator says that it is possible that Tom's wife was lost in a slough. Where would this mean she was lost?

4. Where does Tom open his business?

5. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?

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