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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thoreau follow all the way into town?
(a) A wooded path.
(b) A river.
(c) Road signs.
(d) The railroad.

2. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."
(a) Solitude.
(b) God.
(c) A book.
(d) Myself.

3. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?
(a) $8.71.
(b) $12.46.
(c) $21.34.
(d) $5.93.

4. Where is Walden Pond located?
(a) Albany, New York.
(b) Concord, Massachusetts.
(c) Keswick, England.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

5. Of what do the smells from the train remind Thoreau?
(a) The destruction of nature.
(b) Other parts of the world.
(c) Big city life.
(d) His childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?

2. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?

3. Who is never alone?

4. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?

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

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