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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of literature does Thoreau like best?
(a) Classics.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Scripture.

2. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?
(a) Cows.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

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

4. "It is not worth the while to live by..."
(a) Eating meat.
(b) Wine bottles.
(c) Rich cookery.
(d) Bread alone.

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

6. What winter bird does Thoreau amuse himself by watching?
(a) A blue jay.
(b) A barred owl.
(c) A chickadee.
(d) A cardinal.

7. What did Thoreau use during his second winter at Walden Pond?
(a) Snowshoes.
(b) A chimney.
(c) Skis.
(d) A stove.

8. What color is the ice from Walden Pond?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

9. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) John Field and his family.
(c) The governor of Massachusetts.
(d) His school teacher.

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

11. What animal does Thoreau hear hunting with men?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Horses.
(c) Falcons.
(d) Hounds.

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

13. To what howling animal does Thoreau compare the loon?
(a) A dog.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A jackal.

14. What does Thoreau sometimes dream of owning?
(a) A gun.
(b) A large house.
(c) A library.
(d) A horse.

15. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?
(a) A family of deer.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) Buried treasure.
(d) The end of a rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say is the greatest thing he has seen today?

2. What do people come from town to take from Walden Pond?

3. Thoreau is inclined to be a...

4. Where did Thoreau consider living before Walden Pond?

5. "We can never have enough of..."

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