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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Plymouth Colony governor who wasn't fed by the king of the tribe he visited?
(a) Atkinson.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Winslow.
(d) Carruthers.

2. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?
(a) A Wooden plank.
(b) A Wagon Wheel.
(c) A salt fish.
(d) A bear hide.

3. Thoreau calls the train an "iron..."
(a) Beast.
(b) Monstrosity.
(c) Horse.
(d) Dragon.

4. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?
(a) An eclipse.
(b) A family of deer.
(c) The end of a rainbow.
(d) Buried treasure.

5. Thoreau speaks of visitors from what charitable institution?
(a) The church.
(b) The almshouse.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The Salvation Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Thoreau's guests often do when they leave after dark?

2. What animals were inside the shelter with the Field family?

3. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?

4. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?

5. Who or what does Thoreau visit?

(see the answer key)

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