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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Thoreau began living in the woods, his "house was not finished, but was merely a defense against the..."
(a) Animals.
(b) Wind.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sun.

2. What plant grows at the edge of the path near the end of May?
(a) Goldenrod.
(b) The sand cherry.
(c) Sumach.
(d) Johnswort.

3. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?
(a) Organ music.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Choirs singing.
(d) Families walking in the forest.

4. "As long as possible live free and..."
(a) Unconcerned.
(b) Unattached.
(c) Unhindered.
(d) Uncommitted.

5. What did Thoreau imagine doing?
(a) Buying a farm.
(b) Living off the land.
(c) Building a house.
(d) Writing a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. "In dealing with truth we are..."

2. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?

3. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?

4. What are the necessities of life?

5. "I go and come with a strange... in Nature."

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