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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came the farthest to visit Thoreau in the winter?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A poet.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A reporter.

2. What does Thoreau frequently do on warm evenings?
(a) Goes for a walk.
(b) Plays the flute in his boat.
(c) Star gazes.
(d) Fishes on the pond.

3. What did Thoreau do early in the morning?
(a) Gathered food from his garden.
(b) Bathed in the pond.
(c) Read a book.
(d) Went for a walk.

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

5. How much is Thoreau's profit from the bean-field?
(a) $10.87.
(b) $1.78
(c) $8.71.
(d) $7.81.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau do when ice first forms on the pond?

2. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?

3. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?

4. "If you would be chaste, you must be..."

5. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?

(see the answer key)

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