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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy..."
(a) Bounty.
(b) Hardship.
(c) Youth.
(d) Despair.

2. How does Thoreau often find his way home in the dark?
(a) He looks up at the opening between the trees above the path.
(b) He uses a torch.
(c) He uses a walking stick.
(d) He ties a rope along the path.

3. What does Thoreau hear in the evening?
(a) Goats bleating.
(b) Cows lowing.
(c) Birds singing.
(d) The wind in the trees.

4. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?
(a) His school teacher.
(b) John Field and his family.
(c) The governor of Massachusetts.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

5. What did Thoreau imagine doing?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Buying a farm.
(c) Building a house.
(d) Living off the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Thoreau go to the village?

2. What does Thoreau like to have between himself and a conversation partner?

3. Who does Thoreau help toward the north star?

4. According to tales, who planted the beech grove?

5. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."

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