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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?
(a) A bear hide.
(b) A Wooden plank.
(c) A Wagon Wheel.
(d) A salt fish.

3. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...
(a) Charity Work.
(b) Religious Missions.
(c) Trivial business.
(d) False Pretenses.

4. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?
(a) Hollowell.
(b) McLachlan.
(c) Smith.
(d) Biggins.

5. Which building is NOT listed by Thoreau as a vital building in the village?
(a) Grocery.
(b) School.
(c) Post Office.
(d) Bar-room.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What plant grows at the edge of the path near the end of May?

4. Where is John Field from?

5. What does Thoreau hear in the evening?

(see the answer key)

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