| Term | Definition |
|---|
| termagent | Tom's wife |
| physically | Tom and wife screamed at each other, but also _________ fought |
| Indians | Tom takes a shortcut through a swamp where _______ used to live |
| cloven skull | Tom sits down to take a rest and kicks a ______ _____ with his foot. |
| cut in half with ax | What is ment by "cloven skull"? |
| leave the skull alone | Tom hears somebody yell at him to _____ ___ _____ _____. |
| Old Scratch | Name for the Devil |
| neither Negro/Indian, face covered in soot, coarse black hair, carrying ax | Describe the Devil |
| dramatic irony | Occurs when a character acidentally or inadvertantly speaks the truth. |
| Crowninsheild | Important person in town. |
| heart and liver | Tom found his wife's _____ and _____ tied up in her apron hanging in a tree. |
| plays hard to get | In Tom's deal with the Devil, the Devil ____ ____ __ ___. |
| userer | A money lender/broker |
| desperate | As a userer Tom focused on clients who were ________. |
| 2%, 4% | The Devil asks Tom to charge __ intrest, but he charges __ intrest because he is so excited. |
| slave trading | What sinful occupation does Tom discard? |
| big unfurnished house, fancy carriage/emaciated horse | Describe Tom's new lifestyle. |
| eternal punishment | Tom wants to save himself from _______ __________. |
| in coat pocket, on counting house desk | Where does Tom keep his Bibles? |
| radical | Tom became a _______ churchgoer to save himself from the devil. |
| time of land speculation | What is it called when Tom calles a mortage? |
| answeres door without Bibles | How does Tom get caught by the Devil? |
| burned down | What happened to Tom's house after his death? |
| cinders | After Tom's death what did his mortages/bonds become? |
| woodchips | What is Tom's coffer (treasure chest) filled with instead of coins after his death? |
| skeletons | What have Tom's horses become after his death? |
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