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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?
(a) Lumber mill whistle.
(b) Streetcar.
(c) Railroad cars.
(d) Horse-pulled wagon.

2. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?
(a) A bear hide.
(b) A salt fish.
(c) A Wooden plank.
(d) A Wagon Wheel.

3. What does Thoreau state men have lost when planting crops?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Money.
(d) Awareness.

4. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?
(a) Virgil's Aeneid.
(b) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Farmer's Almanac.

5. How long does Thoreau stay in jail?
(a) One day.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) A month.

6. "As long as possible live free and..."
(a) Unattached.
(b) Unhindered.
(c) Unconcerned.
(d) Uncommitted.

7. What animal's sound ushers in the night?
(a) The whip-poor-will's cry.
(b) The coyote's yelp.
(c) The hawk's scream.
(d) The bullfrog's trump.

8. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?
(a) Its remoteness.
(b) The house.
(c) Its crop production.
(d) The landscape.

9. What is the length of Thoreau's bean rows added together?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Seven miles.
(d) 800 yards.

10. What does Thoreau uncover as he hoes the bean-field?
(a) Buried treasure.
(b) The remains of animals.
(c) Native artifacts.
(d) Tree stumps.

11. How many chairs does Thoreau have in his house?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

12. What fruit never reaches Boston?
(a) Huckleberries.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Mangoes.

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

14. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?
(a) Rests in the shade.
(b) Swims in the pond.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Talks to his neighbor.

15. Who does Thoreau help toward the north star?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A woodsman.
(c) A railroad employee.
(d) A runaway slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?

2. On what pond does Thoreau live on the shore?

3. What kind of fish does Thoreau try to catch in the winter?

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

5. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?

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