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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?
(a) Lumber mill whistle.
(b) Railroad cars.
(c) Streetcar.
(d) Horse-pulled wagon.

2. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?
(a) A screech owl.
(b) A canary.
(c) A crow.
(d) A rooster.

3. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?
(a) A heron.
(b) A muskrat family.
(c) A school of perch.
(d) A large turtle.

4. How close is Thoreau's nearest neighbor?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Half a mile.
(c) One mile.
(d) Three miles.

5. What birds does Thoreau hear regularly during the summer at 7:30pm?
(a) Doves.
(b) Nightingales.
(c) Whip-poor-wills.
(d) Hawks.

6. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet..."
(a) Contentment.
(b) Terror.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Desperation.

7. "Objects of charity are not..."
(a) Desirable.
(b) Welcome.
(c) Guests.
(d) Invited.

8. What kind of fish does Thoreau try to catch in the winter?
(a) Trout.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Perch.
(d) Pickerel.

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

10. What fruit never reaches Boston?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Huckleberries.
(c) Mangoes.
(d) Raspberries.

11. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years and six months.
(d) Two years and two months.

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

13. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Reality.
(d) Freedom.

14. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?
(a) Education.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Convenience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau calls the train an "iron..."

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

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

4. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?

5. Thoreau feels it isn't important to provide this for his visitors.

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