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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 weather like on Tom's last day?
(a) A storm is brewing.
(b) It is unseasonably hot.
(c) It snows in the middle of summer.
(d) It rains nonstop.

2. In the passage about Tom's activities in church, what aspect of his character is being stressed?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Miserliness.
(d) Hypocrisy.

3. What tradition does Tom say should be revived?
(a) Public hangings.
(b) The persecution of other religious sects.
(c) The witch trials.
(d) War with Native tribes.

4. What is unusual about the house that Tom builds with the money he earns?
(a) It is in the middle of the swamp.
(b) It contains an alter to the devil.
(c) It is made from rotted timber.
(d) It is mostly unfinished and has little furniture.

5. What makes the item on Tom's desk ironic?
(a) The nature of Tom's enemy.
(b) The use of the item later in the story.
(c) Tom's superstition.
(d) Tom's job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one source of trouble in Tom Walker's marriage?

2. Why does Tom tell his wife about his meeting with the devil?

3. What is true of the tree Tom is sitting on?

4. What is the reason the narrator gives for Tom not fearing the devil?

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

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