Devil & Tom Walker - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In the story, why does Tom's wife go off into the forest with the best silver?

She hopes to sell it and leave Tom

She is taking a gift to a relative

She wants to make a deal with the Devil

She plans to trade it for food

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Even though Tom did a lot of bad things, what was the one job he refused to do?

Become a witch

Become a slave-trader

Become a money-lender

Become the devil

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who is the author of the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

George Washington

William Shakespeare

Kyrie Irving

Washington Irving

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Because Tom rejects being a slave-trader, which of the following do you think the author likely SUPPORTS

Salem-witches

Slave-traders

Abolitionists (against slavery)

Money-Lenders

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which details most clearly suggests that the figure Tom met was the Devil?

His voice was hoarse and growling, and his hair is black.

His eyes were red, and he is covered with soot.

He is powerfully built and is holding an ax.

He wears rude, half-indian garb, and is sitting on a tree stump.

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What type of point of view is the story?

Third Person Limited

Third Person Multiple

Third Person Omniscient

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of these statements does NOT apply to an omniscient narrator?

The narrator stands outside the story

The narrator provides the thoughts or feelings of many characters

The narrator may comment on events in the story

The narrator is a character in the story who refers to himself/herself with the 1st Person pronoun "I"

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does it mean when Devil chops down the trees?

They were growing too much and he didn't want to rake all the leaves

The deal with the Devil was complete and he "takes them away"

His favorite past-time is lumber-jacking

He does what he wants.

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the significance of Tom finding trees marked "with the name of some great man of the colony"?

The townspeople carved great men's names on trees

Landowners carved their names on trees on their property

Men had carved their own names to ensure their fame.

The men had made a deal with the devil and their names are carved as a contract.

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is Tom's prime motivation in agreeing to the Devil's terms?

The desire to spite his wife

Boredom

The desire to win the respect of the community

Greed

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why does Tom start going to church?

Because he believes in God

He is scared of the Devil

He wants to out-smart the Devil

He always went to church

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why did Tom's belongings disappear when he died.

In death, material things don't matter.

They were returned to Kidd the Pirate.

It was an illusion and the Devil never gave him money

False. He died with the belongings.

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What kind of character was Tom's wife?

Pleasant and inviting.

Angry and Heartbroken

Spiteful and Miserly

Depressed and Lonely

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Whose treasure does "Old Scratch" guard?

Captain Jack Sparrow

Davy Jones'

Kidd the Pirate

Blackbeards

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

Intelligent

Greedy

Lonely

Happy

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What did Tom find in the apron in the woods?

Silver teapot and spoons

Another apron

Heart and Kidney

Heart and Liver

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is Tom concerned about when he realizes his wife has been missing for over a week?

His wife's well-being

His wife being lost

The expensive property his wife took with her

The horse not being fed now that the wife's gone.

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why does the Devil start to "[develop] a kindness" to Tom when he meets him?

He feels bad for Tom for always getting beat-up by his wife.

Tom changes the Devil's heart and he becomes "pure"

The Devil thinks Tom is as awful and greedy as he is.

The Devil feels bad that Tom's poor and struggling.

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is a usurer?

a money-lender

a gambler

a bail-bondsmen

a slave-trader

20.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is one of the events that convinces Tom that what the Devil told him in the swamp is true? (that he really is the Devil)

The disappearance of his wife

Absalom Crowninshield's death

The discovery of Kidd's treasure

Tom's new business

21.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who is Irving creating a satire of in the following passage? "He became, therefore, a violent churchgoer. He prayed loudly and strenuously ... one might always tell when he had sinned most during the week, by the clamor of his Sunday devotion."

satire of women

satire of politicians

satire of hypocritical churchgoers

satire of Puritan religion

22.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why does Tom still not feed the horse even after gaining all his wealth?

He forgot he had a horse.

False, he feeds the horse everyday

He is still a greedy person and doesn't want to use his riches.

The horse symbolized the past life that Tom had and he didn't want to go back to his past life.

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is Irving trying to say about people and society through his satirical story.

People are greedy and only look to benefit themselves.

People are greedy but still can be saved through prayer and church

People are easily-fooled and tempted by sin

People are good and kind-hearted, but are unfortunately tempted by the devil

24.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is NOT an name of the devil (in this story)?

Black woodsman

Old Scratch

The sooted man

The black miner

25.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the moral of the story?

Greed and mean-spiritedness lead to misery.

Husbands and wives should love each other

Prayer can erase all past sins

Great wealth can never produce happiness

26.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Satire uses _______ to expose and criticize people's actions, particularly in politics or other issues.

guilt; sadness

fear; loathing

humor; exaggeration

greed; selfishness

27.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Washington Irving wrote...

"Walden"

"Self Reliance"

"Civil Disobedience"

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

28.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Whose treasure does "Old Scratch" guard?

Captain Cook

Kidd the Pirate

Blackbeard

Captain Jack Sparrow

29.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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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