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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 Helen create at the beginning of Chapter 8, "A Beginning"?

2. What did the Hoovers leave out for the animal that scared off the squirrels?

3. What did the hunter animal eat when the Hoovers ran out of food for the animals?

4. What did the Hoovers realize as a result of the fire?

5. Helen was alarmed by _____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the chimney fire.

3. How did the Hoovers come to stock up on groceries?

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

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

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

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

8. How did the Hoovers try to get animals close to the cabin?

9. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover avoid having to sell one of their cabins?

10. How did Helen find she had oriented herself in time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the main challenges the Hoovers faced and how they overcame them. What did they have to learn in order to overcome obstacles, and what did they have to do or adjust or rethink in order to learn?

Essay Topic 2

What were the political and cultural contexts for the Hoovers' flight to the woods? What was going on when they were taking off? How were other people expressing the desire to live in a different society?

Essay Topic 3

Assess the value of the statement that Helen and Adrian Hoover were running away from civilization, not running toward nature. What parts of civilization were they trying to get away from? What parts of nature drew them positively?

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