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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 true about the horses that draw Tom's carriage?
(a) They were a gift from the devil.
(b) They are stolen from a neighbor.
(c) They are starving.
(d) They are more expensive than most people's houses.

2. There is a rumor that Tom's wife's hat was found floating on top of what?
(a) A holt.
(b) A quagmire.
(c) A cenote.
(d) A knoll.

3. Which city is close to the setting of "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Salem.
(d) Washington.

4. 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.

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

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 is financial speculation?

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

5. In the passage about Tom's activities in church, what aspect of his character is being stressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the death of Absolom Crowninshield announced as the death of a great man in Israel when he actually died in Massachusetts?

3. Before Tom and the devil part, how does the devil seal his side of the bargain and what does this allude to?

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

5. Describe the appearance of the devil in this story.

6. What does Tom's wife do as a result of his refusal to make a deal with the devil, and what is the outcome?

7. What is the implication of the conversation between the devil and Tom about the ownership of the swamp land?

8. What are Tom Walker's first house and property like?

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

10. What does Tom find in the mud of the swamp, and why does the narrator describe it as a memento?

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