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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Ponders.
(b) Hunts.
(c) Fishes.
(d) Prays.

2. The narrator says in Section 10 that while he wanders “alone in the wilds and mountains” he is amazed at his own what?
(a) “Lightness and glee.”
(b) “Wonder and reverence.”
(c) “Questions and answers.”
(d) “Strife and terror.”

3. The narrator describes “the little one” as sleeping where in the opening of Section 8?
(a) “The bed.”
(b) “Its cradle.”
(c) “The bathtub.”
(d) “A basket.”

4. The narrator compels the reader in Section 2 by stating, “Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess” what?
(a) “Belief in a higher power.”
(b) “The origin of all poems.”
(c) “The keys to humanity.”
(d) “All the secrets of nature.”

5. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Blacksmiths.
(c) Trappers.
(d) Carpenters.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the narrator describe spending “that day round the chowder-kettle” in Section 10?

2. The narrator claims in Section 7, “I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash’d babe, and am not contain’d between my” what?

3. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?

4. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?

5. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?

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