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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what does Thoreau feel sympathy?
(a) Withering flowers.
(b) Prowling animals.
(c) Tree leaves.
(d) Singing birds.

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

4. What frequently notifies Thoreau of a passing traveler along the highway?
(a) Flashing lights.
(b) Footprints and broken tree branches.
(c) The sound of laughter.
(d) The smell of a pipe.

5. What happened to Walden Pond between his childhood and the time he moved there?
(a) A family of muskrats moved in.
(b) The spring dried up.
(c) The trees on the shores were cut down.
(d) The fish were depopulated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?

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

3. What kind of fish is most abundant in Walden Pond?

4. Who is never alone?

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

(see the answer key)

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