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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?
(a) A Robin.
(b) A Sparrow.
(c) A Brown Thrasher.
(d) A Finch.

2. What does Thoreau state was a pleasant pastime?
(a) Housework.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Visiting friends.
(d) The theater.

3. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?
(a) A rooster.
(b) A crow.
(c) A screech owl.
(d) A canary.

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

5. What frequently notifies Thoreau of a passing traveler along the highway?
(a) Flashing lights.
(b) The sound of laughter.
(c) The smell of a pipe.
(d) Footprints and broken tree branches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?

2. What American institution does Thoreau state he could do without?

3. What is the length of Thoreau's bean rows added together?

4. What vegetable does Thoreau plant on most of his 2 1/2 acres?

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

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