Which of these is the BEST way to rewrite the sentence in line 12? A) Recite the lines and write short poems soon began. B) Began soon to recite the lines and write short poems. C) Reciting the lines and writing the poems, soon began. D) He soon began to recite the lines and write short poems.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.