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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thoreau uncover as he hoes the bean-field?
(a) Native artifacts.
(b) Tree stumps.
(c) Buried treasure.
(d) The remains of animals.

2. Thoreau feels it isn't important to provide this for his visitors.
(a) Drink.
(b) A place to sit.
(c) Food.
(d) Conversation.

3. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?
(a) A Sparrow.
(b) A Finch.
(c) A Brown Thrasher.
(d) A Robin.

4. What animal does Thoreau kill and eat after it ravages his bean-field?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A woodchuck.

5. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?
(a) Church bells.
(b) Organ music.
(c) Families walking in the forest.
(d) Choirs singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau wage a war with in his bean-field?

2. What does Thoreau usually carry back to Walden Pond from the village?

3. According to legend, after whom was Walden Pond named?

4. "Nature has no human inhabitant who..."

5. How much is Thoreau's profit from the bean-field?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thoreau bond with the old fisherman?

2. Why does Thoreau admire the French Canadian woodchopper?

3. How does Thoreau say he became more intimate with his beans?

4. How does Thoreau describe the piece of land he lives on?

5. How does Thoreau clean his house?

6. Why does Thoreau despise the railway?

7. What does Thoreau think is a 'surprising and memorable experience,' and why?

8. What does Thoreau believe will happen if general American society begins supporting education?

9. What effect does Thoreau claim nature has on man?

10. How does Thoreau describe the development of his relationship with the forest and Walden Pond?

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