What does the devil do to prove his identity?

He places a fingerprint on Tom's forehead that can't be washed off.

He tells Tom things about himself that no one else knows.

He scratches Tom's name on of of the trees with nothing but his finger.

Why doesn't Tom accept the Devil's first offer?

He needs to talk it over with his wife

He thinks he can get a better deal

Why does Tom's wife go off into the forest with her best silver?

She wants to make a deal with the Devil.

She hopes to sell it and leave Tom.

She is taking a gift to a relative.

She plans to trade it for food.

Based on "The Devil and Tom Walker," which of the following beliefs did the Puritans hold during the mid-1700s?

The Devil can sometimes take a human form.

Husbands and wives are considered to be equal.

You can always tell who is a respected businessman.

Those who say loud prayers are the truest worshippers.

The "one condition which need not be mentioned, (pg. 235) most likely refers to ___________.

Agreeing to perform certain unsavory tasks

Allowing oneself to act as a usury

"Tom consoled himself for the loss of his property with the loss of his wife," indicates that _________________.

He is grateful that his wife is gone even though he lost his possessions

He misses his wife event though they fought.

He isn't worried about his wife or his possessions, just his deal with "Old Scratch".

In the paragraph beginning with, "His reputation" and ending with "hurried to Tom Walker (pg 236), what is indicated by Irving's tone? Pay attention to word choice.

He believes that greed and materialism are damaging to society.

He feels sorry for those who have fallen on "hard times"

He sees the need for people like Tom Walker to lend money

He hopes that the luck of these "desperate" individuals will turn around.

What does Tom regret as he begins to get old?

His greedy and unscrupulous business practices

His lack of involvement in his local community

His refusal to give to charity in his younger days

What occurs when Tom says "Devil take me if I have made a farthing!"

There are three knocks on the door

A horse can be heard running down the street

The customer agrees to pay on time

When Tom is taken by the Devil, his "big Bible [is left] on the desk buried under the mortgage he was about to foreclose." What does this signify?

Tom's greed was more powerful than his religious beliefs.

Tom never really believe the Bible would help him.

Who becomes the unlikely hero of the story?

The Devil when he forgives the debt of Tom's customers

Tom when he takes up religion and changes his ways.

What does the destruction of Tom's wealth best symbolize?

The impermanence of material wealth

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does The Devil and Tom Walker take place?

In Salem, Massachusetts

Near Boston, Massachusetts

On Roanoke Island

In Rural Maine

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Whose treasure does "Old Scratch" guard?

Captain Cook

Kidd the Pirate

Blackbeard

Captain Jack Sparrow

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What flaw do Tom and his wife share?

They are thieves

They are miserly

They are termagants

They are lazy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tom's wife is...

Tall

Loud of tongue

Strong of arm

All of these

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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30 sec • 1 pt

Why does Tom end up in the swamp?

He is taking a shortcut.

He is looking for his wife.

He is searching for treasure

He wants to meet the "Black Man"

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Tom Walker find in the "Old Indian Fort"?

His dead wife

A feather headdress

A skull with an ax in it

An old musket

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who supposedly owns the land containing the swamp?

Crowninshield

The local Native American tribe

Washington Irving

Deacon Peabody

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Devil and Tom Walker Review

Where does The Devil and Tom Walker take place?

Whose treasure does "Old Scratch" guard?

What flaw do Tom and his wife share?

Tom's wife is...

Why does Tom end up in the swamp?

What does Tom Walker find in the "Old Indian Fort"?

Who supposedly owns the land containing the swamp?

"...one of the great trees, fair and flourishing without, but rotten at the core," (pg. 231) most reinforces the idea that the men who bargain with the devil are ____________.

What does the devil do to prove his identity?

Why doesn't Tom accept the Devil's first offer?

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