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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?
(a) “Who are the birds?”
(b) “Where are the turtles?”
(c) “What is the grass?”
(d) “When will summer come?”

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

3. In describing his body in Section 3, the narrator claims, “Not an inch nor a particle of an inch is” what?
(a) “Vile.”
(b) “Immune.”
(c) “Without pain.”
(d) “Diseased.”

4. What does the butcher-boy put off, according to the narrator in Section 12?
(a) “His church clothes.”
(b) “His working clothes.”
(c) “His resting clothes.”
(d) “His killing-clothes.”

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Section 10 that while he wanders “alone in the wilds and mountains” he is amazed at his own what?

3. What is being carried in loads on the “slow-drawn wagon” in Section 9?

4. The narrator claims to “lean and loafe at my ease observing” what, in Section 1?

5. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?

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