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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cows.
(d) Cats.

2. What caused John Farmer to contemplate his life?
(a) Thoreau's philosophy.
(b) The sound of a flute.
(c) The night sky.
(d) The Bible.

3. What happened to Breed's hut?
(a) It was abandoned.
(b) A family of birds nested there.
(c) It was used as a wood shed.
(d) It burned down.

4. How long do the workmen take to harvest the ice of the pond?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Sixteen days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Eighteen days.

5. What winter bird does Thoreau amuse himself by watching?
(a) A cardinal.
(b) A barred owl.
(c) A chickadee.
(d) A blue jay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird does Thoreau watch for hours in the fall?

2. What does the poet say is the greatest thing he has seen today?

3. Where is John Field from?

4. What is the destiny of the human race?

5. What animal does Thoreau hear hunting with men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thoreau learn from his experiment?

2. What does Thoreau compare the spring melt with?

3. How does Thoreau describe the condition of the hut that John Field's family lives in?

4. What did the old man see when he was hunting ducks?

5. Why does Thoreau admire the 'wild men' who go ice-fishing on Walden Pond?

6. How does Thoreau say Walden Pond got its revenge on the men who were harvesting the ice?

7. What does Thoreau say about Zilpha's life?

8. What happened to the well on the Field's property?

9. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

10. What does Thoreau say we should practice moderation in?

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