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The Devil and Tom Walker where did Tom walker live? - ANS - Boston, Massachusetts- Charles Bay what was buried under one of the trees in the inlet? - ANS - great amount of treasure buried by Kidd t... he pirate what year did the story take place? - ANS - 1727 where did the devil live or hang around? - ANS - by Kidd the pirate's treasure, protected it. how did Tom and his wife get along? - ANS - badly- cheated on eachother, fights- verbal and physical where Tom was taking his short cut, where was he walking on? - ANS - one of the strongholds of the Indians during their wars with the first colonist, haunted because they held incantations there and held sacrifices to the evil spirit what did the devil look like? - ANS - great black man- neither negro or Indian, begrimed with soot. black hair and an axe on his shoulder. red eyes. who did the grounds (Indian- in the forest) belong to? - ANS - Deacon Peabody what did all the trees in the forest have on them? - ANS - the name of a man of the colony and scored by an axe what does the devil go by (names)? - ANS - wild huntsman, black miner, black woodsmen <- in this neighborhood. old scratch (what Tom calls him) was Tom afraid to see the devil? - ANS - no what is the devil's signature? - ANS - black print of a finger burnt on Tom's forehead. what tree's name did Tom sit on and that he later learned the man had died of a sudden death? - ANS - absalom crowninshield did tom's wife want to bargain with the devil for the gold? did Tom? why? - ANS - yes...greedy. no... didn't want to agree with his wife. what did Tom's wife decided to do about the gold? - ANS - Bargain with the devil herselfbrought her apron full of silver teapots and spoons and other items of value. what was in the tree with the apron? - ANS - a vulture what was inside the apron that was hanging on the tree? - ANS - the wife's liver and heart why was Tom happy to see the apron? - ANS - so he would get his household valuables back what did the devil try to deal with Tom after his wife died? did Tom agree? - ANS - give him the gold so he will use it in black traffic- slave trader. no. what was the devil's 2nd deal? - ANS - turn into as usurer- person who lends large amts of money with lots of interest so the ppl won't ever be able to pay it back and they lose their homes as Tom became old what did he realize? what did he do because of this? - ANS - his bargain with the devil has sold his soul and he will go to hell. he wanted to ward off the devil by becoming a violent church-goer, and carrying a bible with him. what does Tom say when he gets annoyed with the land jobber he is working with? - ANS - devil take me of I have made a farthing! what happens to Tom at the end of the book? - ANS - the devil came and put him on the back of his horse, and galloped into a thunderstorm. all his bonds and mortgages were in cinders, his gold and silver was filled with chips and shavings, 2 skeletons lay in place of his horses and his house caught on fire and burnt... everything he had was gone. [Show More]

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