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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. How is Walden Pond described by the locals?
(a) Fertile.
(b) Bottomless.
(c) Muddy.
(d) Treacherous.

2. What does Thoreau do when ice first forms on the pond?
(a) He lies on the ice and examines the bottom of the pond.
(b) He goes ice fishing.
(c) He goes skating.
(d) He writes a poem about it.

3. Which tribe calls hunters the "best men"?
(a) The Cree.
(b) The Mohawks.
(c) The Algonquins.
(d) The Iroquois.

4. What animal does Thoreau describe as "rudimental, burrowing men"?
(a) Woodchucks.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Foxes.

5. "He that does not eat need not..."
(a) Work.
(b) Toil.
(c) Live.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau have difficulty finding in the winter?

2. What animal does Thoreau hear hunting with men?

3. What does Thoreau compare to pearls and crystals?

4. What insect came to Walden Pond by thousands in October?

5. Where was it rumored that Col. Quoil had been a soldier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the well on the Field's property?

2. Who was Brister Freeman?

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

4. Why does Thoreau admire the 'wild men' who go ice-fishing on Walden Pond?

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

6. Why does Thoreau 'visit' particular trees?

7. What did the old man see when he was hunting ducks?

8. What are the two paths that Thoreau finds himself drawn to?

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

10. How does Thoreau describe the condition of the hut that John Field's family lives in?

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