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Section 1: "The Devil and Tom Walker"

1. Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
(a) Stephen Vincent Benét
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Geoffery Crayon.
(d) Washington Irving.

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

3. Part of the story is set in a morass. What kind of location is this?
(a) A mountaintop.
(b) A muddy or boggy area.
(c) An overgrown field.
(d) A flat area where a river enters the sea.

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

5. Where is the pirate treasure buried?
(a) Beneath a tall oak.
(b) In an abandoned fort.
(c) On an island in the Charles Bay.
(d) Under a fallen hemlock.

6. Who is said to have been present when the treasure was buried?
(a) Tom Walker.
(b) A whaler.
(c) Geoffery Crayon.
(d) The devil.

7. Why does the pirate not retrieve his treasure?
(a) Tom Walker finds it first.
(b) He converts and does not want ill-gotten treasure.
(c) Someone moves it.
(d) He is executed.

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