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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vegetable does Thoreau chiefly grow at Walden Pond?
(a) Beans.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Zucchini.

2. What animal grows to be four feet long, yet is rarely seen by humans?
(a) The fox.
(b) The otter.
(c) The raccoon.
(d) The lynx.

3. "If you would be chaste, you must be..."
(a) Temperate.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Pure.
(d) Mindful.

4. Which animals get under Thoreau's house as spring beings?
(a) Mice.
(b) Chipmunks.
(c) Black squirrels.
(d) Red squirrels.

5. What is the destiny of the human race?
(a) To become more enlightened.
(b) To become vegetarians.
(c) To advance technologically.
(d) To read Thoreau's writing.

6. What kind of bird does Thoreau watch for hours in the fall?
(a) Swan.
(b) Goose.
(c) Loon.
(d) Duck.

7. What word doesn't Thoreau use to describe John Field?
(a) Hardworking.
(b) Unlucky.
(c) Honest.
(d) Shiftless.

8. In what state is Walden Pond located?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maine.
(d) Rhode Island.

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

10. What does Thoreau sell before he moves into the woods?
(a) His watch.
(b) His gun.
(c) His books.
(d) His horse.

11. What date does Thoreau leave Walden?
(a) October 6h, 1846.
(b) September 6th, 1845.
(c) September 6th, 1847.
(d) October 6th, 1847.

12. What does one hunter use as a musical instrument?
(a) Grass.
(b) A tree leaf.
(c) A saw.
(d) Spoons.

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

14. Thoreau is inclined to be a...
(a) Hunter.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Writer.

15. How is Walden Pond described by the locals?
(a) Fertile.
(b) Muddy.
(c) Treacherous.
(d) Bottomless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused John Farmer to contemplate his life?

2. What does Thoreau hope will happen if John Field reads his book?

3. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?

4. What winter bird does Thoreau amuse himself by watching?

5. What dramatic event occurs while Thoreau lives at Walden Pond?

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