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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What fruit never reaches Boston?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Huckleberries.
(d) Mangoes.
2. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?
(a) The bean field.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) Walden Pond.
(d) Thoreau's shelter.
3. What happened to Walden Pond between his childhood and the time he moved there?
(a) The spring dried up.
(b) The trees on the shores were cut down.
(c) A family of muskrats moved in.
(d) The fish were depopulated.
4. 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.
5. Who is never alone?
(a) An angel.
(b) A writer.
(c) The devil.
(d) A hermit.
6. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?
(a) A muskrat family.
(b) A heron.
(c) A large turtle.
(d) A school of perch.
7. What is the morning?
(a) A time for poets.
(b) A time for reflection.
(c) The awakening hour.
(d) A spritual moment.
8. "I wanted to live deeply and..."
(a) Experience everything the world offered.
(b) Suck out all the marrow if life.
(c) Like each day was my last.
(d) To the fullest.
9. What kind of fish does Thoreau try to catch in the winter?
(a) Perch.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Trout.
(d) Pickerel.
10. "The adventurous student will always study..."
(a) Classics.
(b) Theology.
(c) Latin.
(d) History.
11. What do Thoreau's guests often do when they leave after dark?
(a) They ask Thoreau to walk them home.
(b) They spend the night at Walden Pond.
(c) They go missing.
(d) They get lost.
12. How much is Thoreau's profit from the bean-field?
(a) $1.78
(b) $8.71.
(c) $7.81.
(d) $10.87.
13. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?
(a) Swims in the pond.
(b) Rests in the shade.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Talks to his neighbor.
14. What does Thoreau follow all the way into town?
(a) The railroad.
(b) A wooded path.
(c) Road signs.
(d) A river.
15. According to legend, after whom was Walden Pond named?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A town official.
(c) The original owner of the property.
(d) An old Indian woman.
Short Answer Questions
1. "In dealing with truth we are..."
2. What birds does Thoreau hear regularly during the summer at 7:30pm?
3. Thoreau states his residence at Walden was more favorable to thought and serious reading than what institution?
4. Which bird does Thoreau doubt has ever profaned Walden Pond?
5. What does Thoreau state was a pleasant pastime?
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