2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Why is Tom happy to see the apron?
(a) He thinks it means his wife may be nearby.
(b) He thinks that his wife left it as a sign to him.
(c) He believes that it contains valuable items.
(d) He believes that it means his wife is dead.

7. Why does the devil say that he has a right to cut wood on this land?
(a) He says that he owns the soul of its owner.
(b) He says that it belonged to him long before Europeans came to North America.
(c) He says that the entire earth belongs to him.
(d) He says that the owner sold it to him.

8. To whom does Tom think the forested swampland belongs?
(a) Absalom Crowninshield
(b) The devil.
(c) The local Native tribe.
(d) Deacon Peabody.

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

10. Why does the narrator say that only Tom Walker would have the nerve to stop at the Native stronghold in the sawmp?
(a) Other townspeople have seen the devil there.
(b) The area is still frequented by a hostile Native tribe.
(c) There is a rumor that the Natives worshiped the devil there.
(d) The area is overrun with snakes and alligators.

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

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

13. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?
(a) A skull.
(b) His wife's heart and liver.
(c) Valuable silver.
(d) Gold coins.

14. What is the first thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain with the devil?
(a) He tries unsuccessfully to sell his business.
(b) He offers the devil a different soul in place of his own.
(c) He becomes an eager church-goer.
(d) He moves to another town.

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