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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the psychiatrist say isolation would do for Adrian?
(a) Let him relax outside the city.
(b) Let him sleep.
(c) Give him courage to return to his work.
(d) Free him from pathogens.

2. What damage did the storm do?
(a) Pulled off some of the roof.
(b) Flooded the upstairs bedrooms.
(c) Flooded the basement.
(d) Started a river through the living room.

3. What was Helen doing when she heard the animal?
(a) Reading.
(b) Making coffee.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Trying to fix the trap door.

4. What was Adrian Hoover's job?
(a) Optician.
(b) Chemist.
(c) Art director.
(d) Publicity agent.

5. Who were Sven and Hilda Peterson?
(a) Owners of the land Helen and Adrian Hoover wanted to buy.
(b) Adrian's bosses.
(c) Helen's cousins.
(d) Proprietors of a lodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what season does the book open?

2. What did Helen say she had always wanted to do?

3. What did the Hoovers plan to do during their vacation?

4. What did Adrian wheel into the icehouse?

5. When did Helen have to return to work?

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