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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?
(a) Milton.
(b) Homer.
(c) Aesop.
(d) Virgil.

2. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?
(a) $12.46.
(b) $21.34.
(c) $8.71.
(d) $5.93.

3. Which bird does Thoreau doubt has ever profaned Walden Pond?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A finch.

4. "Objects of charity are not..."
(a) Welcome.
(b) Invited.
(c) Desirable.
(d) Guests.

5. What animal was Thoreau surprised to see walking along the shore of the pond?
(a) A beaver.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Thoreau stay in jail?

2. To what howling animal does Thoreau compare the loon?

3. Where have loons been caught with fishing hooks, eighty feet below the water's surface?

4. "I am convinced, that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, ... would be unknown."

5. What did Thoreau do early in the morning?

(see the answer key)

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