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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thoreau describe the temperature when he began to plaster his house?
(a) Chilly.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Hot.
(d) Moderate.

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

3. Where did Thoreau consider living before Walden Pond?
(a) White Pond.
(b) Pleasant Meadow.
(c) Shangri-la.
(d) Baker Farm.

4. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy..."
(a) Bounty.
(b) Hardship.
(c) Youth.
(d) Despair.

5. For what does San Nutting exchange bear skins?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Corn.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rum.

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

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

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

9. Who came the farthest to visit Thoreau in the winter?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A hunter.
(d) A poet.

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

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

12. What kind of tree is two feet in diameter?
(a) Black birch.
(b) Maple.
(c) Yellow ash.
(d) Green oak.

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

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

15. What animal does Thoreau sometimes eat with relish?
(a) Barbecued woodchuck.
(b) Roasted squirrel.
(c) Fried rat.
(d) Boiled rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have loons been caught with fishing hooks, eighty feet below the water's surface?

2. In what solitary amusements do most Yankees engage?

3. What insect came to Walden Pond by thousands in October?

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

5. Which tribe calls hunters the "best men"?

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