The Devil and Tom Walker reading check (adapted)

How are Tom and His wife described?

• stingy and concerned only with money

• kind and generous

• intelligent and wise

• old and going blind

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which character is known as "Old Scratch?"

• Captain Kidd

• Tom Walker

• The Devil

• Tom's Wife

What does avarice mean?

• sinful

• hungry

• wise

• greedy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What did Tom do with all the gold the Devil gave him?

• He bought a Slave Ship and became a Slave trader.

• A seller of property

• A cruel moneylender

• A religious leader

What happens to Tom, his house, and his gold at the end of the story?

• The Devil takes Tom, his house catches on fire, his gold turns to wood shavings.

• Tom lives a long time, his house becomes a bank, and his gold is invested.

• Tom starts a business school in his house with the gold he found.

• Tom disappears, Tom's house burns down, Tom's wife comes back and claims the gold.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5