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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau do when ice first forms on the pond?

2. In what solitary amusements do most Yankees engage?

3. What kind of tree is two feet in diameter?

4. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?

5. Where was it rumored that Col. Quoil had been a soldier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thoreau compare the spring melt with?

2. Why does Thoreau 'visit' particular trees?

3. What game does Thoreau play with the loon?

4. What does Thoreau learn from his experiment?

5. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

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

7. How does Thoreau describe his encounters with cats in the forest?

8. What does Thoreau think John Field's future holds?

9. What are the two paths that Thoreau finds himself drawn to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing and comparing the practices of etiquette for visiting friends in America and abroad.

Essay Topic 2

Choose any poem written about springtime. Write an essay about that poem, explaining the imagery and the author's point of view.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the process of food production. Where does our food come from? How does it get from the farm to the table? How much of our diet is grown locally and how much is grown internationally? How can our food production system be improved?

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