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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thoreau have difficulty finding in the winter?
(a) Fire wood.
(b) The path to town.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

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

3. What kind of animal does Thoreau find in his house?
(a) Rats.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Chipmunks.
(d) Mice.

4. Who or what does Thoreau visit?
(a) Scholars.
(b) Books.
(c) Family.
(d) Trees.

5. According to tales, who planted the beech grove?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) A wandering minstrel.
(c) Owls.
(d) Indians.

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

7. What happened to a settler's family in Sutton in 1717?
(a) They couldn't pay their taxes and were forced to move.
(b) Their house burned down.
(c) They were forced off their land by a flood.
(d) Their cottage was completely buried in snow.

8. What caused John Farmer to contemplate his life?
(a) The night sky.
(b) The sound of a flute.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Thoreau's philosophy.

9. What should we come home with after adventures?
(a) Money and wealth.
(b) Experience and character.
(c) Knowledge and confidence.
(d) Wisdom and direction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau compare to pearls and crystals?

2. What color is the ice from Walden Pond?

3. What word doesn't Thoreau use to describe John Field?

4. What happens when Thoreau goes fishing?

5. How does Thoreau describe the temperature when he began to plaster his house?

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