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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of fish is most abundant in Walden Pond?
(a) Pickerel.
(b) Trout.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Perch.

2. What kind of tree is two feet in diameter?
(a) Yellow ash.
(b) Green oak.
(c) Maple.
(d) Black birch.

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

4. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...
(a) False Pretenses.
(b) Trivial business.
(c) Charity Work.
(d) Religious Missions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the destiny of the human race?

2. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."

3. What animal does Thoreau want to eat when it crosses his path?

4. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?

5. "The true husbandman will cease from..."

(see the answer key)

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