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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?
(a) Walden Pond.
(b) Thoreau's shelter.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) The bean field.

2. What are the necessities of life?
(a) Food, shelter, clothing, and sunlight.
(b) Food, shelter, clothing, and fuel.
(c) Love, happiness, family, and religion.
(d) Food, shelter, land, and freedom.

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

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

5. What animal's sound ushers in the night?
(a) The whip-poor-will's cry.
(b) The bullfrog's trump.
(c) The coyote's yelp.
(d) The hawk's scream.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book does Thoreau keep on his table throughout the summer?

3. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."

4. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?

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

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