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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the reason the narrator gives for Tom not fearing the devil?
(a) Tom thinks that he can outsmart the devil.
(b) Nothing scares Tom after having to deal with his wife.
(c) After fighting in several battles with Natives, Tom is too hardened to be afraid.
(d) Tom does not believe in the devil.

4. The narrator says that it is possible that Tom's wife was lost in a slough. Where would this mean she was lost?
(a) In a pit.
(b) In forest.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In wetland.

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

6. How does Tom seal his bargain with the devil?
(a) With a burnt offering.
(b) By cutting his thumb with the devil's knife.
(c) By signing a document.
(d) With a handshake.

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

8. When Tom opens the apron, what does he find inside?
(a) Valuable silver.
(b) A skull.
(c) His wife's heart and liver.
(d) Gold coins.

9. What does Tom refuse to do with the money?
(a) Open a church.
(b) Become a slave trader.
(c) Run for office.
(d) Purchase a commission in the military.

10. Why does the narrator say that Tom starts criticizing his neighbors?
(a) Tom thinks that it makes him seem like a better person.
(b) They begin asking him for money.
(c) His panic is making him more and more angry.
(d) They try to point out to him that he is selfish.

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

12. Which of the following does the devil say is the name he goes by in their area?
(a) The Blacksmith.
(b) The Black Woodsman.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Beelzebub.

13. What causes Tom to start to worry about the deal he has made with the devil?
(a) He gets older and begins to worry about death.
(b) He thinks that he sees the ghost of his wife.
(c) He hears a traveling preacher speak.
(d) He has a near-miss with a carriage accident.

14. What is the first thing that Tom does in an attempt to escape his bargain with the devil?
(a) He offers the devil a different soul in place of his own.
(b) He tries unsuccessfully to sell his business.
(c) He moves to another town.
(d) He becomes an eager church-goer.

15. What does Tom begin keeping on the desk in his office?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A rabbit's foot.
(c) A cross.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the devil say the Natives sacrificed a white man to him?

2. Which city is close to the setting of "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

3. Why is Tom happy to see the apron?

4. Where does Tom open his business?

5. What is Tom doing at the office on his last day?

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