WorksheetsThe Devil and Tom Walker
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Why are Tom and his wife so unhappy?
They are greedy and argue about money
They have no children
They work too much and are tired
They are both sickly and weak.
In the story, Tom and his wife are described as "miserly." What does this most likely mean?
Intelligent
Lovely
Greedy
Poor
What does this quote about Tom and his wife mean?
"...his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words."
Tom likes to fight with his wife.
Tom looks sad when he and his wife fight.
Tom's wife physically abused him.
Tom is a naturally ugly man.
"...there were also dark and stagnant pools, the abodes of the tadpole, the bullfrog, and the water snake, and where trunks of pines and hemlocks lay half drowned, half rotting, looking like alligators, sleeping in the mire..."
What does Tom Walker find in the "Old Indian Fort"?
His wife's dead body
A feather headdress
A skull with an ax in it
An old musket
Tom Walker might best be described as
having been beaten down by bad luck
basically kind but misunderstood
crafty but very lazy
stingy and cruel but courageous
Tom Walker’s wife is best described as
very generous and much loved by her neighbors
kind toward her husband, but cruel to others
yearning for companionship
a fierce shrew, always nagging and yelling
How does Tom die?
The people he has cheated rise up against him.
He falls off his horse and gets trampled.
Tom is caught by his own words.
He is killed by Native Americans.
What happens to Tom Walker’s money at the end of the story?
It is given to the townspeople.
The townspeople seize it.
It goes to Mrs. Walker.
It turns into cinders and ashes.
