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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Hoovers do when the Larimers refused their request?

2. What will the Hoovers be giving up when they move to the cabin?

3. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover nearly asphyxiate themselves in the cabin?

4. What did Helen find when she woke from her nap after the accident?

5. How did Adrian expect to load the wood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Helen and Adrian Hoover got the oil drum to the house.

2. What had John Anderson done while the Hoovers were in Chicago?

3. What modification did Adrian make to the log roller?

4. What happened to the cabin during the rainstorm?

5. What was Adrian's plan for making money, and what happened to his plan?

6. What did Hilda and Sven say when they left for the season?

7. What animal visitor did Helen and Adrian Hoover have in the basement?

8. How was Helen inspired by Jacques Plessis?

9. How did the Hoovers stay warm through the winter?

10. What happened to Helen in the car accident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assess the statement that the Hoovers' experience is the blueprint for a new society. Were the Hoovers doing something other people could follow? Or, were they just doing what they themselves thought was the right thing?

Essay Topic 2

How would you do things differently than the Hoovers, if you were to go into the woods? Why would you go to the woods? What would be hardest to live without? Compare and contrast your own experience in the woods, as you imagine it.

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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