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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?
(a) Fish Pond.
(b) White Pond.
(c) Flint's Pond.
(d) Mill Pond.

2. What are the necessities of life?
(a) Food, shelter, clothing, and sunlight.
(b) Love, happiness, family, and religion.
(c) Food, shelter, land, and freedom.
(d) Food, shelter, clothing, and fuel.

3. What happens when Thoreau goes fishing?
(a) He mourns the death of the fish.
(b) He is at peace.
(c) He feels pride.
(d) He has less self-respect.

4. What birds does Thoreau hear regularly during the summer at 7:30pm?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Nightingales.
(c) Doves.
(d) Whip-poor-wills.

5. "In dealing with truth we are..."
(a) Fearful.
(b) Immortal.
(c) Noble.
(d) Hesitant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?

2. How much is Thoreau's profit from the bean-field?

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

4. What animals are likely to thrive no matter what?

5. Thoreau is inclined to be a...

(see the answer key)

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