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

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

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

4. What mark does the devil leave on Tom?
(a) A claw mark.
(b) An upside-down cross.
(c) A black fingerprint.
(d) A red mark in the shape of an axe.

5. What significant event happened in Massachusetts in 1727?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A flood.
(d) A fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the pirate treasure buried?

2. Why does Tom's wife go into the swamp, looking for the devil?

3. What does the narrator compare Tom's clients to?

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

5. Why is Tom happy to see the apron?

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