View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What insect came to Walden Pond by thousands in October?
(a) Mosquitos.
(b) Ladybugs.
(c) Hornets.
(d) Wasps.

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

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

7. What do people come from town to take from Walden Pond?
(a) Aquatic plants.
(b) Ice.
(c) Water.
(d) Fish.

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

9. What does the poet say is the greatest thing he has seen today?
(a) The hermit's face.
(b) The clouds.
(c) The forest.
(d) A book he was reading.

10. On what day in 1852 was Walden first completely open?
(a) March 23rd.
(b) April 18th.
(c) April 1st.
(d) March 28th.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the workmen take to harvest the ice of the pond?

2. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?

3. Thoreau is inclined to be a...

4. What animals are likely to thrive no matter what?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 357 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample