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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Unexpected....

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Helen doing when she had an accident in the cabin?
(a) Cutting onions.
(b) Investigating a hole in the roof.
(c) Chasing a mouse.
(d) Investigating a faulty trap door.

2. Where did Helen and Adrian Hoover plan to get water when they could?
(a) From the spring in their basement.
(b) From the lake.
(c) From rainfall off the roof.
(d) From the nearby brook.

3. Who was Carl Johnson?
(a) The owner of the land Helen and Adrian Hoover wanted to buy.
(b) A photographer.
(c) A local fisherman.
(d) A forest ranger.

4. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover nearly asphyxiate themselves in the cabin?
(a) The chimney clogs and the cabin filled with smoke.
(b) The barrel-furnace burned out and spewed fumes.
(c) The pilot light on the stove went out and the cabin filled with propane.
(d) The mildew in the cabin was so bad they could hardly breathe.

5. What did Adrian tell Helen about the large cabin when they were trying to conserve wood?
(a) It isn't insulated.
(b) The stove there doesn't work.
(c) It was infested with mice.
(d) One room was insulated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Helen Hoover's job?

2. How did the Hoovers feel when the delivery truck arrived?

3. Where would Helen and Adrian Hoover have to winter?

4. What had John Anderson done to the basement when Helen and Adrian Hoover were gone?

5. What was Adrian Hoover's job?

(see the answer key)

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