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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Time of Thawing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Helen watch after the wood loading was finished?
(a) A bear.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Deer.
(d) Squirrels.

2. What did the visitor want?
(a) Directions.
(b) Shelter
(c) Information about Helen's colleagues.
(d) To install a weather monitor.

3. What was it about Helen's retirement check that had Helen and Adrian Hoover nervous?
(a) The check will be delayed.
(b) The money was already spent when it came.
(c) The check was less than they expected.
(d) The check isn't coming.

4. What did Adrian do to accommodate the change in temperature?
(a) Moved the meat next door.
(b) Added extra blankets to the bed at night.
(c) Cut more wood.
(d) Started gathering bulbs and roots for cooking.

5. What did Adrian suggest they do until they could get an oil stove?
(a) Move back to Chicago.
(b) Exercise to keep warm.
(c) Use wood.
(d) Bundle up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change in animal behavior did Helen notice in the beginning of Section II of Chapter 6, "Time of Thawing"?

2. What trait of Jacques Plessis inspired Helen?

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

4. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover describe the foreman who brought their meat?

5. How did the Hoovers put the fire out?

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