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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) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Cows.
(d) Chickens.

2. What American institution does Thoreau state he could do without?
(a) The Government.
(b) The Post Office.
(c) The Church.
(d) The Railway.

3. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?
(a) A crow.
(b) A rooster.
(c) A screech owl.
(d) A canary.

4. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?
(a) The end of a rainbow.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) A family of deer.
(d) Buried treasure.

5. What is the name of the Plymouth Colony governor who wasn't fed by the king of the tribe he visited?
(a) Carruthers.
(b) Atkinson.
(c) Thompson.
(d) Winslow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thoreau put in jail?

2. What does Thoreau usually carry back to Walden Pond from the village?

3. "As long as possible live free and..."

4. Thoreau speaks of visitors from what charitable institution?

5. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?

(see the answer key)

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