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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is never alone?
(a) An angel.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A writer.
(d) The devil.

3. What does Thoreau hope to avoid by harvesting early?
(a) Rot.
(b) Frost.
(c) Loss to animals.
(d) Rain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?

2. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?

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

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

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

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