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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 is financial speculation?
(a) A group of expert opinions about the economy.
(b) Illegal investing by people with inside information.
(c) Buying something with the hope that it will rapidly increase in value.
(d) A joking term for illegal gambling.

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

3. What causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?
(a) He gets older and begins to worry about death.
(b) He hears a traveling preacher speak.
(c) He thinks that he sees the ghost of his wife.
(d) He has a near-miss with a carriage accident.

4. What does Tom refuse to do with the money?
(a) Become a slave trader.
(b) Purchase a commission in the military.
(c) Run for office.
(d) Open a church.

5. Where does Tom open his business?
(a) Salem.
(b) Washington.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says that the timing for Tom's business is propitious. What kind of timing would this be?

3. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?

4. Tom Walker is described as meager and miserly. What kind of a person is he?

5. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes of Tom Walker and all of his wealth?

2. How does Tom ultimately slip up and get captured by the devil?

3. How does Tom's wife react to his news, and what is his response to her?

4. Who is the guardian of William Kidd's treasure, and why?

5. Explain how Tom develops into a religious hypocrite.

6. What things does the devil say he supervises on earth?

7. What are some of the details of the plants and animals in the swamp, and what do they signify?

8. How does Tom treat his horses, and what does this illustrate about his character?

9. What does Tom believe is in the apron, and how does he feel when he sees it?

10. What does Tom believe happened to his wife, and why, and how does he feel about it?

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