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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Thoreau doing in the village when he was arrested?
(a) Selling beans.
(b) Buying a newspaper.
(c) Having a drink at the bar-room.
(d) Picking up a shoe from the cobbler's.

2. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Reality.

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

4. What American institution does Thoreau state he could do without?
(a) The Government.
(b) The Post Office.
(c) The Railway.
(d) The Church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Thoreau spend on supplies for his bean-field?

2. "In dealing with truth we are..."

3. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?

4. Of what do the smells from the train remind Thoreau?

5. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?

(see the answer key)

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