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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 does Casey remind Alex of in Chapter 4?
(a) A vulture circling.
(b) A cat hunting a mouse.
(c) A pig in mud.
(d) A dog with a bone.

2. How is Alex described?
(a) A spitfire in her early twenties.
(b) A rapidly aging woman in her forties.
(c) An attractive woman in her late twenties.
(d) A handsome woman in her early thirties.

3. Where does Alex live before moving to her new place?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Canada.

4. According to Alex, what historical figure did not have an electric eggbeater?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) Joan of Arc.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

5. What does Casey remind himself about Alex in Chapter 4?
(a) That Alex is not the type to stay in Alaska.
(b) That Alex is a cheater.
(c) That Alex is looking for a dull husband.
(d) That Alex is a free spirit and therefore unattainable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Casey tell Alex about the hardware store in Chapter 3?

2. What does Casey do while Alex rests in his bed in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Alex get a tent?

4. When Alex sees her new land for the first time, what is she dismayed by?

5. What does Casey admit to Alex in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alex unable to spend the night in her tent or cabin in Chapter 3?

2. Why does Casey buy something for Alex, and what does he buy?

3. Why does Casey cancel his meeting in Chapter 3?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, what additional reason does the reader learn for Alex's move to Alaska?

5. Why does Alex decide to stay at her place at the end of Chapter 4?

6. After seeing the inside of the cabin, what two things reinforce Alex's decision to stay in Alaska?

7. Describe the inside of the cabin.

8. Why does Alex choose Alaska as her new home?

9. Why does Alex refuse to stay at Casey's on her first night in Alaska?

10. What is Alex's first impression of the hardware store?

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