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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?
(a) Two years and two months.
(b) Three years and six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

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

3. On what pond does Thoreau live on the shore?
(a) Wiltshire Pond.
(b) Concord Pond.
(c) Catfish Pond.
(d) Walden Pond.

4. Who carried the Iliad with him on his expeditions?
(a) Edmund Hillary.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Magellan.
(d) Captain James Cook.

5. "The adventurous student will always study..."
(a) Classics.
(b) Theology.
(c) History.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?

2. What animal does Thoreau kill and eat after it ravages his bean-field?

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

4. Why does the Canadian woodchopper read the French paper?

5. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?

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