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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. "If you would be chaste, you must be..."
(a) Mindful.
(b) Pure.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Temperate.

2. For what does San Nutting exchange bear skins?
(a) Corn.
(b) Bread.
(c) Rum.
(d) Whiskey.

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

4. What does Thoreau call his time at Walden Pond?
(a) A an exercise in futility.
(b) An experiment.
(c) A seclusion.
(d) A lonely period.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau compare to pearls and crystals?

2. What kind of tree is two feet in diameter?

3. What kind of animal does Thoreau find in his house?

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

5. What kind of bird does Thoreau watch for hours in the fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the hunters say is the downfall of the fox in the foxhunt?

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

3. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Thoreau say about Zilpha's life?

9. What does Thoreau compare the spring melt with?

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

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