The Devil and Tom Walker review

The high point of interest in a work of fiction is the

• plot.

• climax.

• conflict.

• resolution.

• exposition.

Which of the following is not part of the exposition?

• plot resolution

• background information

• description of the setting

• introduction to the characters

• establishment of the tone or mood

Why isn’t Tom Walker afraid of the Devil?

• He does not believe in the Devil.

• He isn’t afraid of anything or anyone.

• He believes he is smarter than the Devil.

• He has lived a long time with a difficult wife.

• He thinks God is more powerful than the Devil.

What did Tom Walker refuse to do?

• ride a horse

• read the Bible

• desert his wife

• become a slave-trader

• lend money at high interest rates

In the early description of Tom Walker as “a meager, miserly fellow,” what word could Irving have

substituted for miserly without changing the meaning of the phrase?

• resolute

• prevalent

• precarious

• speculative

• parsimonious

Which word best completes the following sentence?

He was a(n) ___________ man who loved to buy jewelry for himself.

• surmising

• prevalent

• speculated

• precarious

• ostentatious

In which sentence is obliterated used correctly?

• Mei first obliterated, then wrote, then revised.

• You must be obliterated not to have noticed that.

• Any trace of their existence had been totally obliterated.

• He was obliterated when he learned he got the promotion.

• Tyrell obliterated tennis for many years before beginning to play.

What does the phrase “she must have died game” mean?

• She enjoyed dying.

• She put up quite a fight.

• She killed game animals.

• She won the game of life.

• She smelled gamey after death.

What is the main conflict in this short story?

• Mrs. Walker disappears.

• The Walkers lose their wealth .

• The Devil tries to win God over.

• Tom Walker fights with his wife.

• The Devil wants Tom Walker’s soul.

The climax in this story occurs when

• the Walker wealth disappears.

• Mrs. Walker cannot be found.

• the Devil comes for Tom Walker.

• Tom Walker first meets the Devil.

• the story resolves itself into a proverb.