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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 piece of equipment did Helen decide would be too costly?
(a) A photo enlarger.
(b) A satellite phone.
(c) A new stove.
(d) A mimeoscope.

2. What caused the fire?
(a) Creosote buildup.
(b) Grease on the stove.
(c) An oil lamp.
(d) A candle.

3. What did Helen and Adrian Hoover use Helen's check for when it came from the magazine?
(a) Fixing the roof.
(b) Winter preparations.
(c) Buying a motor for their boat.
(d) Celebrating.

4. What occasionally required them to double their fire-fighting efforts?
(a) Collapsing roof beams.
(b) Exploding gasoline.
(c) Exploding turpentine.
(d) Spreading flames.

5. Who showed up after Helen and Adrian Hoover put out the fire?
(a) An FBI agent.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Someone from the weather service.
(d) A fireman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helen order with her mimeograph?

2. What did the animal that scared off the squirrels ultimately leave with?

3. What did Adrian discover after removing snow from the cabin roof?

4. Whom did Helen discover was going out of business?

5. What scattered the squirrels Helen was watching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Adrian do while Helen was creating a mailing list based on responses to the advertisements?

2. What was the benefit of the structure Adrian built?

3. What was the Hoovers' first source of income from the cabin?

4. What happened when the chicks outgrew their tub?

5. Who was Blondie?

6. What interactions did the Hoovers have with the fishers?

7. What did the fire in the workshop start from?

8. Why did the chickens end up in the cabin with Helen and Adrian?

9. What was the old life the Hoovers left behind?

10. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

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