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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the devil say is one way he currently entertains himself?
(a) By tempting anabaptists into sin.
(b) By making deals for the souls of Puritans.
(c) By helping the Puritans persecute other Christians.
(d) By encouraging war between Natives and Europeans.

3. What can a reader infer is one of the devil's conditions in the bargain he makes with Tom?
(a) Tom will give his soul to the devil.
(b) Tom will not get the money until he makes a sacrifice to the devil.
(c) Tom will bring the devil other people to make bargains with.
(d) Tom will not tell anyone where he got the money.

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 wetland.
(b) In a pit.
(c) In forest.
(d) In a cave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the fort remains standing?

2. According to the narrator, why does Tom not immediately agree to the devil's bargain?

3. To what does the narrator compare the sound of Tom's carriage wheels?

4. The swamp is full of quagmires. What does this mean it is full of?

5. Why does it take Tom a long time to get through the swamp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before Tom and the devil part, how does the devil seal his side of the bargain and what does this allude to?

2. How does Tom ultimately slip up and get captured by the devil?

3. The devil lists several of his own nicknames for Tom; what pattern can be seen in these names, and what is its significance?

4. What kind of a person is Tom Walker's wife?

5. What are Tom Walker's first house and property like?

6. How does Tom's wife react to his news, and what is his response to her?

7. What are some of the details of the plants and animals in the swamp, and what do they signify?

8. What does Tom believe happened to his wife, and why, and how does he feel about it?

9. What recent events lead to Tom's business being so successful?

10. What do Tom and the devil negotiate about before striking a bargain, and what is the bargain they strike?

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