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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the play close?
(a) Henry leaves and goes back to his life by Walden Pond.
(b) Henry refuses to leave.
(c) Henry is sitting on his cot by Bailey.
(d) Henry experiencing new strength and striding confidently off stage.

2. Henry objects to Waldo not appearing. How does Lydian feel?
(a) Reassured that Waldo is not changing his stand on freedom.
(b) Unsure whether she still loves Waldo or actually loves Henry.
(c) Torn between sharing Henry's opinions and loyalty to Waldo.
(d) Embarrassed by Waldo's cowardly actions.

3. What has Henry's Aunt Louisa done?
(a) Come to visit.
(b) Told Sam to let Henry go.
(c) Come to console Henry's mother.
(d) Paid his tax bill.

4. What happens as Williams darts offstage?
(a) He is followed by racist epithets.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He begins shooting his rifle.
(d) He says he's running to Walden Pond.

5. Why can Henry not choose any of the young women Lydian suggests?
(a) He is not interested in any of them.
(b) He considers Lydian a wife.
(c) Nature is his mother-in-law.
(d) He already is married.

6. Edward is so pleased. What does he wish?
(a) Henry was his brother.
(b) Henry was his father.
(c) John was his brother.
(d) John was his father.

7. Henry and Lydian briefly discuss love and loneliness. What comes between them?
(a) Edward.
(b) Waldo.
(c) Some signs of tension.
(d) Some signs of awkwardness.

8. What has Henry made for the chickens?
(a) A chicken coop, so they stay out of Lydian's roses.
(b) A new nest for their eggs, so they do not roost in Lydian's roses.
(c) A place to be fed, so they stay out of Lydians's roses.
(d) Gloves to keep them from scratching up Lydian's roses.

9. What name does Williams adopts?
(a) Williams Henry.
(b) Walden Williams.
(c) Henry Williams.
(d) Williams Thoreau.

10. What does Lydian insist that Henry must do?
(a) Follow his own path.
(b) Forgive Waldo.
(c) Learn to conform.
(d) Get married.

11. What is Henry doing when Williams, an escaped slave, appears?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Planting in his garden.
(c) Playing a flute.
(d) Weeding.

12. When does Henry comfort Edward with the knowledge that he has now planted new Huckleberry plants?
(a) Edward spills his full basket of berries.
(b) Edward has dropped a few berries.
(c) Edward eats some of the berries.
(d) Edward cannot find any berries.

13. What advice does Henry give him when Waldo asks him what he thinks he should do?
(a) Henry tells him to join him in jail.
(b) Henry tells him to speak out against the war.
(c) Henry tells him to run for mayor.
(d) Henry tells him to start his own war.

14. What does Henry say Waldo should use to effect change?
(a) A change in philosophy.
(b) His wonderful manner of speaking.
(c) His fame and influence.
(d) His wife's influence.

15. What pleases Henry about Williams?
(a) Williams is a kind man.
(b) Williams will be staying at Walden Pond to help him.
(c) Williams is going back into slavery.
(d) Williams tells him of his desire to escape slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry suggest to Bailey?

2. How does Henry describe berry picking?

3. What does Waldo ask after he accuses Henry of resigning from the human race?

4. What does Waldo assert about the "majority rules" form of government?

5. Sam says he cannot make that happen. What does Henry do?

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