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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?
(a) Mill Pond.
(b) Fish Pond.
(c) Flint's Pond.
(d) White Pond.

2. What kind of bird does an old man tell Thoreau used to frequent the pond?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Crane.
(c) Owl.
(d) Crow.

3. What kind of fish is most abundant in Walden Pond?
(a) Trout.
(b) Pickerel.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Perch.

4. What happened to Breed's hut?
(a) It was used as a wood shed.
(b) It was abandoned.
(c) It burned down.
(d) A family of birds nested there.

5. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?
(a) A large turtle.
(b) A school of perch.
(c) A heron.
(d) A muskrat family.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Nature has no human inhabitant who..."

2. What fruit never reaches Boston?

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

4. What animal's sound ushers in the night?

5. Which animal is one of "Nature's Watchmen"?

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