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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Nature has no human inhabitant who..."
(a) Loves her.
(b) Respects her.
(c) Appreciates her.
(d) Treats her well.

2. According to legend, after whom was Walden Pond named?
(a) A hunter.
(b) The original owner of the property.
(c) An old Indian woman.
(d) A town official.

3. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?
(a) The bean field.
(b) Thoreau's shelter.
(c) Walden Pond.
(d) A pine tree.

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

5. What does Thoreau frequently do on warm evenings?
(a) Goes for a walk.
(b) Plays the flute in his boat.
(c) Star gazes.
(d) Fishes on the pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is never alone?

2. What kind of bird does an old man tell Thoreau used to frequent the pond?

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

4. What happened to Breed's hut?

5. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."

(see the answer key)

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