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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "The true husbandman will cease from..."
(a) Fear.
(b) Toil.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Idleness.

3. What does Thoreau think Concord should become?
(a) A town of historical significance.
(b) A patron of the fine arts.
(c) A major railway stop.
(d) A tourist town.

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

5. "The swiftest traveler is he that goes..."
(a) By Train.
(b) By Horse.
(c) Afoot.
(d) As the crow flies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Walden Pond located?

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

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

4. Thoreau states his residence at Walden was more favorable to thought and serious reading than what institution?

5. What animals ate out of the hands of the woodsman?

(see the answer key)

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