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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?
(a) “Salvation.”
(b) “Good fortune.”
(c) “Others.”
(d) “My own.”

2. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?
(a) A horse.
(b) A moose.
(c) A cow.
(d) A buffalo.

3. The narrator calls out to “beat the gong of” what, in Section 23?
(a) “Victory.”
(b) “Revolt.”
(c) “Submission.”
(d) “Failure.”

4. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) A day.
(d) A year.

5. How many “young men bathe by the shore,” according to the narrator in Section 11?
(a) 28.
(b) 20.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

6. Who “sets traps on the creek that helps fill the Huron” in Section 15?
(a) The Beaver.
(b) The Wolf.
(c) The Badger.
(d) The Wolverine.

7. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?
(a) 320.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 640.
(d) 160.

8. Where does the narrator say the “sharp-hoof’d moose” comes from in Section 14?
(a) The south.
(b) The north.
(c) The east.
(d) The west.

9. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Millions.
(b) But a few.
(c) A handful.
(d) Dozens.

10. The narrator describes “Houses and rooms” full of what in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Rich wood.
(b) Ornate carvings.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Perfumes.

11. What color, in addition to green, is considered the “tufted crown intentional” by the narrator in Section 13?
(a) Violet.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

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

13. Whose proper name is stated in the poem in the beginning of Section 24?
(a) William Shakespeare’s.
(b) Walt Whitman’s.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt's.
(d) John Muir's.

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

15. The narrator says in Section 24, “I speak the pass-word primeval, I give the sign of” what?
(a) “Democracy.”
(b) “Illuminati.”
(c) “Socialism.”
(d) “Monarchy.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?

2. The narrator says that he sees “the elementary laws never” do what, in Section 20?

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

4. What word does the poet describe as “a word of the modern” in Section 23?

5. What instruments does the narrator describe playing in the opening of Section 18?

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