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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 ate out of the hands of the woodsman?
(a) Chickadees.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Chipmunks.

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

3. How often does Thoreau go to the village?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every day or two.
(c) Never.
(d) Once a week.

4. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?
(a) Its crop production.
(b) Its remoteness.
(c) The landscape.
(d) The house.

5. "I wanted to live deeply and..."
(a) To the fullest.
(b) Suck out all the marrow if life.
(c) Experience everything the world offered.
(d) Like each day was my last.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Thoreau discover missing?

2. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?

3. What word doesn't Thoreau use to describe John Field?

4. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?

5. "The village appeared to me a great..."

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