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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Devil and Tom Walker".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rumor in town about Absalom Crowninshield?
(a) That he is a money lender.
(b) That he is a pirate.
(c) That he is a slave trader.
(d) That he has taken bribes.

2. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?
(a) He has red eyes.
(b) His voice is like a snake's hiss.
(c) He has horns.
(d) He smells of sulfur.

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

4. What does the narrator say is hard to believe about the conversation between Tom and the devil?
(a) It sounds too familiar.
(b) There is no such thing as the devil.
(c) Even Tom Walker would not be foolish enough to talk to the devil.
(d) The devil sounds too much like an ordinary person.

5. The narrator says that it is possible that Tom's wife was lost in a slough. Where would this mean she was lost?
(a) In wetland.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In forest.
(d) In a pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Tom think the forested swampland belongs?

2. What does Tom notice about the tallest trees in the swamp?

3. What can a reader infer is one of the devil's conditions in the bargain he makes with Tom?

4. What part of the fort remains standing?

5. To what does the narrator compare the sound of Tom's carriage wheels?

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