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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal was Thoreau surprised to see walking along the shore of the pond?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A beaver.

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

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

4. What feeling does spring create in men?
(a) Hope.
(b) Lust.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Goodwill.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What creatures do Thoreau find battling in the wood-pile?
(a) Cats.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Ants.
(d) Birds.

14. What happened to Breed's hut?
(a) It was used as a wood shed.
(b) It was abandoned.
(c) It burned down.
(d) A family of birds nested there.

15. What animal does Thoreau want to eat when it crosses his path?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A woodchuck.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy..."

2. Who came the farthest to visit Thoreau in the winter?

3. What happened to a settler's family in Sutton in 1717?

4. "If you would be chaste, you must be..."

5. Where was it rumored that Col. Quoil had been a soldier?

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