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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. Which city is close to the setting of "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) Salem.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington.
(d) Boston.
2. How does Tom treat his most needy clients?
(a) He pretends that he will help them, then refuses to do business with them.
(b) He breaks the rules of his bargain with the devil to help them.
(c) He takes advantage of their need to drive especially hard bargains with them.
(d) He mocks them and is openly rude.
3. What does the narrator say that savin trees symbolize?
(a) Greed.
(b) Sterility.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Anger.
4. What is true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They are starving.
(b) They were a gift from the devil.
(c) They are more expensive than most people's houses.
(d) They are stolen from a neighbor.
5. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?
(a) The Black Woodsman.
(b) The Blacksmith.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Beelzebub.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is William Kidd?
2. Why does Tom Walker originally go into the swamp?
3. Tom's wife is described as a termagant--what kind of person does this mean she is?
4. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?
5. What is true of the tree Tom is sitting on?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of a person is Tom Walker's wife?
2. What does Tom believe happened to his wife, and why, and how does he feel about it?
3. What are some of the details of the plants and animals in the swamp, and what do they signify?
4. How does the narrator add to the credibility of the story by mentioning the various possible fates of Tom's wife?
5. What things does the devil say he supervises on earth?
6. How does Tom's wife react to his news, and what is his response to her?
7. What does Tom find in the mud of the swamp, and why does the narrator describe it as a memento?
8. What two reasons does the narrator give for Tom's fearlessness in the swamp and upon meeting the devil?
9. What is the significance of the devil's comment about Absalom Crowninshield's tree being ready to burn?
10. The devil lists several of his own nicknames for Tom; what pattern can be seen in these names, and what is its significance?
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