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

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

3. Why is Tom's business immediately successful?
(a) There has been a series of large fires and people need to rebuild.
(b) There has been a recent wave of immigration.
(c) There is a rush to buy land in the West.
(d) There has been a recent financial crisis.

4. Why does Tom's wife go into the swamp, looking for the devil?
(a) She wants to strike the bargain with him herself.
(b) She wants to tell the devil to stay away from her husband.
(c) She does not believe Tom and wants to see for herself.
(d) She wants to argue for more money.

5. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?
(a) They roasted him.
(b) They crucified him.
(c) They hung him.
(d) They chopped off his head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tom's wife is described as a termagant--what kind of person does this mean she is?

3. What does the narrator say his third attempt to evade the devil shows about Tom?

4. In the version of the story that the narrator says is most likely to be true, what draws Tom's attention to the tree where his wife's apron hangs?

5. Why does the devil stay away from Tom for a while after Tom's wife disappears?

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