A life in the Woods Quiz

What was the effect of Thoreau walking out of town?

• Thoreau was able to take more pictures.

• Thoreau was able to escape his family.

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  Thoreau was able to write his book.

• Thoreau was able to tell more people how to slam a door

Read the sentence: He listened to the rustling of the leaves. What if I could stay here, he thought. What does the homograph leaves mean as it is used in the sentence?

• Thoreau left his house.

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  Something that grows on trees.

• A seed that you plant in the woods.

• What you do when you get mad and walk out of a room.

What distractions made it difficullt for Thoreau to live in his family's home?

• The noise of all the animals.

• He did not like his family.

• He could hear people talking in the next room and he could not concentrate.

• The noise of all the vehicles in the street made it hard to focus.

What did Thoreau do with the land Emmerson gave him?

• He allowed family members to come visit him.

• He build a cabin that he could live in.

• He allowed animals to come live with him.

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  He gave it away to another friend.

What is Henry David Thoreau's job

• 
  governor

• 
  president

• 
  writer

• artist

Why did Thoreau walk out of his house?

• 
  it was on fire

• 
  it was too hot

• to go to the store

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  it was too loud

Who let Thoreau use his land?

• his friend

• 
  his grandfather

• 
  his brother

• his wife

What is a loon?

• squirrel

• dog

• 
  bird

• rabbit

What is a primary source?

• A source that retells firsthand informaiton about a topic

• A source that provides firsthand information about a topic

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  A source that interprets information from a primary source

• A source that a third party uses to tell about a topic

What effect did Thoreau's time at Walden Pond have on his writing?

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  Thoreau was not able to write all of his book because he was distracted by the animals

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  Thoreau understood he could have written the same book at hom in a quieter room at his family's house

• All things can be accomplished when you move to the woods.

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  Thoreau was able to collect the journal entries he wrote while staying there and turned them into a book.