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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does San Nutting exchange bear skins?
(a) Corn.
(b) Rum.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Bread.

2. What book does Thoreau keep on his table throughout the summer?
(a) Homer's Iliad.
(b) Cervantes' Don Quixote.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Milton's Paradise Lost.

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

4. "I go and come with a strange... in Nature."
(a) Liberty.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Thrill.
(d) Ease.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of tree is two feet in diameter?

3. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?

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

5. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?

(see the answer key)

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