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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 do to pass the time on winter evenings?
(a) He whittles.
(b) He writes.
(c) He reads.
(d) He dreams.

2. What does Thoreau sometimes dream of owning?
(a) A library.
(b) A gun.
(c) A large house.
(d) A horse.

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

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

5. What kind of bird does Thoreau watch for hours in the fall?
(a) Goose.
(b) Swan.
(c) Duck.
(d) Loon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused John Farmer to contemplate his life?

2. What color is the ice from Walden Pond?

3. What did Thoreau use during his second winter at Walden Pond?

4. What animal was Thoreau surprised to see walking along the shore of the pond?

5. What happened to Breed's hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thoreau describe his encounters with cats in the forest?

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

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

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

5. Why does Thoreau 'visit' particular trees?

6. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

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

8. Who was Brister Freeman?

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

10. What does Thoreau compare the spring melt with?

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