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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the devil have all over his skin?
(a) Soot.
(b) Mud.
(c) Blood.
(d) Scales.
2. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?
(a) A fire.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A flood.
3. What is Tom's reaction to the disappearance and likely death of his wife?
(a) It cheers him up.
(b) It makes him afraid.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is in shock.
4. What is the first thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain with the devil?
(a) He moves to another town.
(b) He tries unsuccessfully to sell his business.
(c) He offers the devil a different soul in place of his own.
(d) He becomes an eager church-goer.
5. Where is the pirate treasure buried?
(a) Under a fallen hemlock.
(b) On an island in the Charles Bay.
(c) In an abandoned fort.
(d) Beneath a tall oak.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the countryman say he saw happen to Tom Walker?
2. Part of the story is set in a morass. What kind of location is this?
3. What does the narrator say his third attempt to evade the devil shows about Tom?
4. Whose clothing does the devil's clothing resemble?
5. What is the second thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What implicit racism is there in the description of the fort that once stood in the swamp?
2. What does Tom's wife do as a result of his refusal to make a deal with the devil, and what is the outcome?
3. What are Tom Walker's first house and property like?
4. What is the significance of the devil's comment about Absalom Crowninshield's tree being ready to burn?
5. How does Tom treat his horses, and what does this illustrate about his character?
6. What two reasons does the narrator give for Tom's fearlessness in the swamp and upon meeting the devil?
7. What is the reaction of the Walkers' neighbors to their fighting?
8. What does Tom do with his money and what does it show about his personality?
9. Why is the death of Absolom Crowninshield announced as the death of a great man in Israel when he actually died in Massachusetts?
10. What things does the devil say he supervises on earth?
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