2. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?
(a) Memorial Day, 1847.
(b) Martin Luther King Day, 1845.
(c) Independence Day, 1845.
(d) Christmas Day, 1846.

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

4. Thoreau states his residence at Walden was more favorable to thought and serious reading than what institution?
(a) A seminary.
(b) A library.
(c) A university.
(d) A think tank.

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

6. What do Thoreau's guests often do when they leave after dark?
(a) They go missing.
(b) They ask Thoreau to walk them home.
(c) They spend the night at Walden Pond.
(d) They get lost.

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

8. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet..."
(a) Contentment.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Terror.

9. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) Walden Pond.
(c) The bean field.
(d) Thoreau's shelter.

10. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Reality.
(d) Freedom.

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

12. "The adventurous student will always study..."
(a) Theology.
(b) Classics.
(c) Latin.
(d) History.

13. What does Thoreau hope to avoid by harvesting early?
(a) Frost.
(b) Loss to animals.
(c) Rot.
(d) Rain.

14. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?
(a) Paris and Oxford.
(b) Europe.
(c) New York.
(d) Literary circles.

15. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?
(a) A Finch.
(b) A Brown Thrasher.
(c) A Sparrow.
(d) A Robin.