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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 color is the ice from Walden Pond?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

3. How long do the workmen take to harvest the ice of the pond?
(a) Eighteen days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) Sixteen days.

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

5. What dramatic event occurs while Thoreau lives at Walden Pond?
(a) He spends a night in jail.
(b) His mother dies.
(c) His house burns down.
(d) He is shot by a hunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures do Thoreau find battling in the wood-pile?

2. What instrument does Thoreau use to watch the war more closely?

3. What does Thoreau hope will happen if John Field reads his book?

4. What feeling does spring create in men?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thoreau learn from his experiment?

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

3. How does Thoreau say Walden Pond got its revenge on the men who were harvesting the ice?

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

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

6. Who was Brister Freeman?

7. How does Thoreau build a store of food for winter?

8. Why does Thoreau 'visit' particular trees?

9. What does Thoreau compare the spring melt with?

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

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