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- 1. Multiple Choice
The opening descriptions of the forest suggest that whatever Tom finds there will be...
treacherous and malignant.
fortunate and useful.
hot-tempered and vengeful.
dull and depressing.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these details most clearly suggests that the figure Tom meets is the Devil?
His voice is hoarse and growling, and his hair is black.
His eyes are red, and he is covered with soot.
He is powerfully built and is holding an ax.
He wears "a rude, half-Indian garb" and is sitting on a tree stump.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of Tom finding most of the tall trees "marked with 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.
The men had carved their own names on the trees to ensure their fame.
Carved onto the tress in the Devil's forest are the names of those who made a deal with him.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What seems to be Tom's prime motivation in agreeing to the Devil's terms?
The desire to spite his wife.
Gratitude for the Devil's involvement in his wife's disappearance.
The desire to win the respect of the community.
Greed
- 5. Multiple Choice
In what way is Tom Walker a one-dimensional character?
He has no personality traits .
He uses other people for his own gain.
He does not fear the Devil.
He is motivated solely by greed.
- 6. Multiple Choice
A main lesson of this story is...
greed and mean-spiritedness lead to misery.
husbands and wives should love each other.
prayer can erase all past sins.
great wealth often leads to happiness.
- 7. Multiple Choice
It can be inferred from the story New England Puritans of Tom Walker's day believed in...
many gods.
witches and spirits.
tolerance for all religious faiths.
reincarnation.
- 8. Multiple Choice
From the description of Tom's "violent" religious devotion, you can infer that New Englanders of the 1720's probably...
believed that loud and vehement prayer was the key to reaching Heaven.
looked suspiciously on sudden and very public conversions.
welcomed religious people of all faiths to their colony.
were, like Tom,usually recent converts to openly devout Christianity.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Based on the details of the story, with which of the following groups does Irving have the most sympathy?
abolitionists
New England shipbuilders
Puritans
bankers
- 10. Multiple Choice
Based on the passage found on page 231 beginning, "It was late..." and ending with "the evil spirit," which statement best summarizes Tom Walker's character traits?
Tom is just like everyone else in his community.
Tom is lonely and melancholy.
Unlike others in his community, Tom does not fear evil.
Tom likes the peacefulness of quiet, lonely places.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The story suggests after Tom makes his deal with the devil, Tom's name is recorded...
in an account book.
on a tree in the swamp.
on the devil's forehead.
on the handle of the devil's ax.
- 12. Multiple Choice
In what the narrator considers the most "authentic" account of Tom's wife's disappearance, Tom...
murders his wife.
gets the devil to get rid of his wife.
finds a heart and liver in his wife's apron.
finds their valuable property tied up in his wife's apron.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the one condition between Tom and the devil "which need not be mentioned, being generally understood"?
Tom will become rich.
Tom's wife will be killed?
Tom's soul belongs to the Devil.
Tom will represent the interests of the devil.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the most wicked occupation?
pirate
userer
preacher
slave trader
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which part of the tree bearing Deacon Peabody's name is rotten?
the core
the bank
the roots
the uppermost branches
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
Washington Irving
Irving Washington
Washington Irvin
Wahsinton Irving
- 17. Multiple Choice
Another name for the Devil is...
Diablo
Old Scratch
Lucifer
All of the above
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