The Devil and Tom Walker
where did Tom walker live? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Boston, Massachusetts-
Charles Bay
what was buried under one of the trees in the inlet? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>great amount of treasure buried by Kidd the pirate
what year did the story take place? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>1727
where did the devil live or hang around? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>by Kidd
the pirate's treasure, protected it.
how did Tom and his wife get along? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>badly- cheated
on eachother, fights- verbal and physical
where Tom was taking his short cut, where was he walking on? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>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? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>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? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>Deacon Peabody
what did all the trees in the forest have on them? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>the name of a man of the colony and scored by an axe
what does the devil go by (names)? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>wild huntsman,
black miner, black woodsmen <- in this neighborhood. old scratch (what Tom
calls him)
was Tom afraid to see the devil? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>no
what is the devil's signature? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>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? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>absalom crowninshield
did tom's wife want to bargain with the devil for the gold? did Tom? why? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>yes...greedy. no... didn't want to agree with his wife.
