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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A Beginning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Hoovers dine after returning to the cabin?
(a) On the porch.
(b) At the lake.
(c) In the cabin.
(d) In the basement.

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

3. What are Helen and Adrian Hoover surprised by when the moving truck arrives?
(a) The cost.
(b) The amount of furniture they have.
(c) How quickly everything was put away.
(d) How unnecessary their things are here.

4. Whom did the Hoovers get a nasty letter from at the end of Section 2 of Chapter 4 "...And its aftermath"?
(a) The man Adrian was supposed to see about a job.
(b) Helen's former employer.
(c) The people who sold them the cabin.
(d) Adrian's family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hilda offer to Hoover in Chapter 5, "Snow Scene"?

2. Helen was alarmed by _____________.

3. Helen said that she wanted to deal humanely with ______________.

4. How did the Hoovers try to conserve wood?

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

(see the answer key)

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