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

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

3. "We can never have enough of..."
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) Love.

4. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) His school teacher.
(c) John Field and his family.
(d) The governor of Massachusetts.

5. What winter bird does Thoreau amuse himself by watching?
(a) A blue jay.
(b) A cardinal.
(c) A barred owl.
(d) A chickadee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is John Field from?

2. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?

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

4. "He that does not eat need not..."

5. What happened to Breed's hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the poet with whom Thoreau has a conversation at the beginning of the chapter?

2. What are the two paths that Thoreau finds himself drawn to?

3. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

4. What does Thoreau compare the spring melt with?

5. What does Thoreau say we should practice moderation in?

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

7. Why does Thoreau's self-respect fall when he goes fishing?

8. What does Thoreau learn from his experiment?

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

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

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