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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animal does Thoreau find in his house?
(a) Rats.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Chipmunks.
(d) Mice.

2. What does Thoreau state men have lost when planting crops?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Awareness.
(d) Money.

3. What did Thoreau imagine doing?
(a) Buying a farm.
(b) Writing a book.
(c) Building a house.
(d) Living off the land.

4. Where have loons been caught with fishing hooks, eighty feet below the water's surface?
(a) Quebec.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. What is Thoreau's shelter at Walden Pond?
(a) A tent.
(b) A cave.
(c) An abandoned shanty.
(d) A small house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau sell before he moves into the woods?

2. What item does Thoreau discover missing?

3. What should we come home with after adventures?

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

5. What plant grows at the edge of the path near the end of May?

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