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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?
(a) Cows.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Cats.

2. What does Thoreau hope will happen if John Field reads his book?
(a) He will learn how to fish.
(b) He will move to a different town.
(c) He will improve himself.
(d) He will come over for dinner.

3. What item does Thoreau discover missing?
(a) His flint.
(b) His hoe.
(c) A volume of Homer.
(d) His fountain pen.

4. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Milton.

5. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."
(a) Reality.
(b) Love.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?

2. "I wanted to live deeply and..."

3. What was Thoreau doing in the village when he was arrested?

4. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?

5. Why is Thoreau put in jail?

(see the answer key)

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