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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was it rumored that Col. Quoil had been a soldier?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Upper Canada.
(d) New Orleans.

2. What bird does Thoreau hear almost every day in the winter?
(a) An eagle.
(b) An owl.
(c) A duck.
(d) A goose.

3. What does Thoreau compare to pearls and crystals?
(a) Icicles.
(b) Raindrops.
(c) Snowflakes.
(d) Fish.

4. What vegetable does Thoreau plant on most of his 2 1/2 acres?
(a) Beans.
(b) Corn.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Turnips.

5. What kind of bird does Thoreau begin to see again in April?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Robins.
(d) Geese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused John Farmer to contemplate his life?

2. What did Thoreau do early in the morning?

3. What animal does Thoreau kill and eat after it ravages his bean-field?

4. What color is the ice from Walden Pond?

5. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?

(see the answer key)

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