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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?
(a) Two years and two months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years and six months.
(d) Six months.

2. What does Thoreau usually carry back to Walden Pond from the village?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A light heart.
(c) A new book.
(d) A bag of rye.

3. How does Thoreau describe the temperature when he began to plaster his house?
(a) Hot.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Freezing.
(d) Chilly.

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

5. What does Thoreau hear from town in his bean-field on gala days?
(a) A brass band.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Military gunfire.
(d) The train whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thoreau reject the suggestion of owning a visitor's book?

2. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?

3. What does Thoreau wage a war with in his bean-field?

4. What do Thoreau's guests often do when they leave after dark?

5. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy..."

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