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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. How much was Helen paid for her article?

2. When was the last time the Hoovers saw Little Bear?

3. What project did Helen say she would like to take on?

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

5. Where did the domesticated animal sleep when it came indoors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Hoovers do when they got their mimeograph?

2. What was Helen's relationship with the locals like?

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

4. What animals did the Hoovers see near their cabin?

5. What did the FBI want when they came to see the Hoovers?

6. What was Helen alarmed by after the workshop fire was put out?

7. Who was Blondie?

8. Describe the scene Helen and Adrian Hoover witnessed with the ermine and the jays.

9. How did the Hoovers pass the time during the long winter nights?

10. What happened when the chicks outgrew their tub?

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

Assess the extent to which the Hoovers are American in their project. In what ways are they fulfilling an American promise? In what way might they be running from American promises?

Essay Topic 3

How did living in the woods change how the Hoovers thought about money? Did they find new ways to make it? To live without it? To supplement it?

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