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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 morning?
(a) A spritual moment.
(b) A time for poets.
(c) The awakening hour.
(d) A time for reflection.

2. What does Thoreau hope will happen if John Field reads his book?
(a) He will come over for dinner.
(b) He will learn how to fish.
(c) He will move to a different town.
(d) He will improve himself.

3. What did Thoreau do early in the morning?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Bathed in the pond.
(c) Went for a walk.
(d) Gathered food from his garden.

4. What did Thoreau do during his first summer at Walden Pond?
(a) Studied Philosophy.
(b) Wrote a book.
(c) Hoed beans.
(d) Read Books.

5. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?
(a) Rests in the shade.
(b) Talks to his neighbor.
(c) Swims in the pond.
(d) Goes for a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should we come home with after adventures?

2. When Thoreau began living in the woods, his "house was not finished, but was merely a defense against the..."

3. "The village appeared to me a great..."

4. According to tales, who planted the beech grove?

5. Where did Thoreau consider living before Walden Pond?

(see the answer key)

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