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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the countryman say he saw happen to Tom Walker?
(a) He was pulled down the road by an unseen hand which then drowned him in the swamp.
(b) He was flying through the air and dropped into the ocean.
(c) He was carried into the swamp by a horse just as the forest went up in flames.
(d) He burst into flames and then disappeared.

2. 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 lives in poverty because he gives away most of what he earns.
(c) He lives in luxury through cheating and stealing.
(d) He insists on living so cheaply that he does not have the ordinary comforts of life.

3. Why is Tom happy to see the apron?
(a) He thinks that his wife left it as a sign to him.
(b) He believes that it contains valuable items.
(c) He believes that it means his wife is dead.
(d) He thinks it means his wife may be nearby.

4. What is Tom's first mistake on his last day?
(a) He forgets to lock his doors.
(b) He tries to cheat a man who has also made a bargain with the devil.
(c) He does not begin the day with a prayer.
(d) He says that the devil can take him if he has made any money from his client.

5. What part of the fort remains standing?
(a) A cellar.
(b) An alter to the devil.
(c) Some partial walls.
(d) Some mounded up earth.

6. What does Tom see near the apron, keeping watch over it?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A snake.
(d) A black cat.

7. Why does the devil say that he has a right to cut wood on this land?
(a) He says that it belonged to him long before Europeans came to North America.
(b) He says that he owns the soul of its owner.
(c) He says that the entire earth belongs to him.
(d) He says that the owner sold it to him.

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

9. What tone does the narrator adopt when saying that Tom is a friend to his clients?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Condescending.

10. Why does Tom Walker originally go into the swamp?
(a) He is lost.
(b) He is looking for his wife.
(c) He is trying to take a shortcut home.
(d) He has heard a rumor about the pirate treasure.

11. What does the narrator say makes it difficult to know what actually happened to Tom's wife?
(a) The whole story is likely to be false.
(b) There are too many stories told by different historians.
(c) She disappeared a long time ago.
(d) No one but Tom seems to have really noticed her disappearance.

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

13. Who is said to have been present when the treasure was buried?
(a) The devil.
(b) Geoffery Crayon.
(c) A whaler.
(d) Tom Walker.

14. 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 argue for more money.
(c) She does not believe Tom and wants to see for herself.
(d) She wants to tell the devil to stay away from her husband.

15. What word does the narrator use twice to describe the situation of Tom's clients?
(a) Dubious.
(b) Unexpected.
(c) Fortunate.
(d) Desperate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?

2. What is the third thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain?

3. What does Tom see at the base of the tree where the apron hangs?

4. Tom's house is described as forlorn. What kind of house is it?

5. What tool does the devil carry?

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