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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Hoovers ask the Larimers?
(a) To do some work on their cabin.
(b) To rent their cabin.
(c) To help them with their housework.
(d) To celebrate their housewarming.

2. What did Hilda bring to Helen and Adrian Hoover when they moved?
(a) A wood stove.
(b) A begonia.
(c) A stew.
(d) Their mail.

3. What was Adrian's plan for making money?
(a) Selling his investments.
(b) Working in advertising.
(c) Selling the larger cabin.
(d) Working on the road building crew.

4. What did Helen feel about living in the cabin when Adrian went to get the mail at the end of Section 4 "...And its aftermath"?
(a) Dwarfed by the extent of the woods and the cold.
(b) At home in the wilderness.
(c) Nostalgic for the city.
(d) Terrified of the winter.

5. 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.

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

7. What was Helen impressed by after the accident?
(a) How much damage resulted from the crash.
(b) How little damage there was.
(c) How angry the other driver got.
(d) How the locals rallied around her and Adrian.

8. What was the driver of the other car afraid of?
(a) Being sent to jail.
(b) Not being able to afford repairs.
(c) Embarrassing himself.
(d) Having hurt anyone.

9. Where would Helen and Adrian Hoover have to winter?
(a) In the log cabin.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In the Larimers' cabin.
(d) In the larger cabin.

10. What were conditions like when Helen and Adrian Hoover returned to the cabin after the storm?
(a) Treacherous.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Strained.
(d) Idyllic.

11. What state was the other driver in after the accident?
(a) Calm composure.
(b) Pain.
(c) Near panic.
(d) Anger.

12. What did Helen say she had always wanted to do?
(a) Move to the country.
(b) Have a baby.
(c) Live in a city.
(d) Write about nature.

13. What did Jacques Plessis offer the Hoovers?
(a) Assistance if he can ever offer it.
(b) Money for their help.
(c) Free firewood for their help.
(d) Help if his tip does not pan out.

14. What will the Hoovers be giving up when they move to the cabin?
(a) Their income.
(b) Their families.
(c) Their contact with the world.
(d) Their savings.

15. What motivated Helen to suggest her plan?
(a) The possibility of more responsibility and income.
(b) The promise of cheap land.
(c) Reading about national parks.
(d) Chronic headaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather on Thanksgiving?

2. What was it about Helen's retirement check that had Helen and Adrian Hoover nervous?

3. What damage did the storm do?

4. What did Jacques Plessis give the Hoovers?

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

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