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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?
(a) The house.
(b) Its crop production.
(c) Its remoteness.
(d) The landscape.

2. What animal does Thoreau kill and eat after it ravages his bean-field?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A woodchuck.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A squirrel.

3. What plant grows at the edge of the path near the end of May?
(a) Goldenrod.
(b) The sand cherry.
(c) Johnswort.
(d) Sumach.

4. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?
(a) $21.34.
(b) $8.71.
(c) $5.93.
(d) $12.46.

5. How far was Thoreau's house from Concord?
(a) 2 1/2 miles.
(b) 1 1/2 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some of Thoreau's pleasantest hours are spent during this kind of weather:

2. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?

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

4. What did Thoreau imagine doing?

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

(see the answer key)

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