"The Devil and Tom Walker"

Who wrote the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker?"

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Washington Irving
• Charlotte Bronte

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What is the story’s setting?

• A Midwestern frontier pine forest, circa 1608

• The New Orleans, Louisiana, riverfront, circa 1680

• A forest near Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1727

• A pond deep in the Maine forest, circa 1850

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What was buried at the inlet across from Charles Bay?

• Captain Jack Sparrow's buried treasure

• The Indians' savings

• Kidd the Pirate's buried treasure

• Everyone who sold their soul to the devil

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Why are Tom and his wife so unhappy?

• They are greedy and argue about money
• They are greedy and have no children
• They work too much and are tired

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In the story, Tom and his wife are described as "miserly". What does this most likely mean?

• Intelligent
• Lovely
• Greedy
• Poor

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What does this quote about Tom and his wife mean?
"...his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words."

• That Tom likes to fight with his wife
• That Tom looks sad when he and his wife fight
• That Tom's face is physically abused by his wife

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How did Tom Walker meet the devil?

• He took a shortcut home through the swamp and stopped to rest.

• He buried something at a crossroads.

• He found him at the bank.

• He heard a voice calling to him in the swamp.

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What did Tom uncover while he was in the swamp?

• Kidd's treasure

• A new house

• A skull with a tomahawk buried in it

• The silver his wife hid from him

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What is a symbol of hypocrisy and hidden evil?

• Tom's agreement with the devil
• The flourishing trees that are rotten to the core
• The Walker's valuables
• Parts of Mrs. Walker wrapped in the apron

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Whose "tree" does the devil bring Tom's attention to first?

• Deacon Peabody

• Mrs. Walker

• Washington Irving

• Tom Walker

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