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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Thoreau goes fishing?
(a) He has less self-respect.
(b) He feels pride.
(c) He is at peace.
(d) He mourns the death of the fish.

2. What is the destiny of the human race?
(a) To become more enlightened.
(b) To read Thoreau's writing.
(c) To become vegetarians.
(d) To advance technologically.

3. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?
(a) A family of deer.
(b) The end of a rainbow.
(c) Buried treasure.
(d) An eclipse.

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

5. What color is the ice from Walden Pond?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures do Thoreau find battling in the wood-pile?

2. What does Thoreau compare to pearls and crystals?

3. What word doesn't Thoreau use to describe John Field?

4. Which tribe calls hunters the "best men"?

5. What animal does Thoreau describe as "rudimental, burrowing men"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the poet with whom Thoreau has a conversation at the beginning of the chapter?

2. How does Thoreau build a store of food for winter?

3. What does Thoreau say we should practice moderation in?

4. Why does Thoreau throw sweet corn on the snow by his door?

5. What did Thoreau use as an excuse to carry a gun?

6. What does Thoreau think John Field's future holds?

7. How does Thoreau feel after he witnesses the ants battling?

8. What game does Thoreau play with the loon?

9. Who was Brister Freeman?

10. Why does Thoreau leave Walden Pond?

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