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

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

3. What bird does Thoreau hear almost every day in the winter?
(a) An owl.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A duck.
(d) A goose.

4. What does Thoreau compare to pearls and crystals?
(a) Fish.
(b) Icicles.
(c) Raindrops.
(d) Snowflakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word doesn't Thoreau use to describe John Field?

2. What does one hunter use as a musical instrument?

3. In what state is Walden Pond located?

4. What animal does Thoreau hear hunting with men?

5. What animal does Thoreau want to eat when it crosses his path?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thoreau learn from his experiment?

2. What did the old man see when he was hunting ducks?

3. Why does Thoreau describe wood as a precious commodity?

4. What game does Thoreau play with the loon?

5. What happened to the well on the Field's property?

6. How does Thoreau feel after he witnesses the ants battling?

7. What does Thoreau think John Field's future holds?

8. Why does Thoreau throw sweet corn on the snow by his door?

9. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

10. Why does Thoreau admire the 'wild men' who go ice-fishing on Walden Pond?

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