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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What dramatic event occurs while Thoreau lives at Walden Pond?
(a) His mother dies.
(b) His house burns down.
(c) He is shot by a hunter.
(d) He spends a night in jail.

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

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

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

6. What happens when Thoreau goes fishing?
(a) He feels pride.
(b) He mourns the death of the fish.
(c) He is at peace.
(d) He has less self-respect.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Where have loons been caught with fishing hooks, eighty feet below the water's surface?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Quebec.
(d) New York.

12. What does Thoreau do to pass the time on winter evenings?
(a) He reads.
(b) He writes.
(c) He dreams.
(d) He whittles.

13. What bird comes to the pond in the fall?
(a) The swan.
(b) The loon.
(c) The cardinal.
(d) The goose.

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

15. Where is John Field from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) French Canada.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vegetable does Thoreau chiefly grow at Walden Pond?

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

3. What does Thoreau have difficulty finding in the winter?

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

5. "It is not worth the while to live by..."

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