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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 one source of trouble in Tom Walker's marriage?
(a) Tom is physically abusive toward his wife.
(b) Tom refuses to buy the luxuries his wife feels she deserves.
(c) Tom's wife often disappears into the forest overnight.
(d) Tom's wife hides resources from him and keeps them for herself.

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

3. To whom does Tom think the forested swampland belongs?
(a) Absalom Crowninshield
(b) Deacon Peabody.
(c) The local Native tribe.
(d) The devil.

4. Tom Walker is described as meager and miserly. What kind of a person is he?
(a) He hoards money so that he can life a lavish lifestyle.
(b) He insists on living so cheaply that he does not have the ordinary comforts of life.
(c) He lives in luxury through cheating and stealing.
(d) He lives in poverty because he gives away most of what he earns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one unusual physical feature of the devil?

2. What is the weather like on Tom's last day?

3. Why does Tom decide that he will not agree to the devil's bargain?

4. When the narrator refers to Tom's parsimony, what characteristic is being discussed?

5. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?

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