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

3. What had Jacques Plessis not been able to find?
(a) His car keys.
(b) The road.
(c) His car.
(d) The trail back to town.

4. What had John Anderson done to the basement when Helen and Adrian Hoover were gone?
(a) Reinforced the walls.
(b) Filled it in with dirt.
(c) Poured concrete on the floor.
(d) Installed a drainage system.

5. What did Adrian say he would use as a freezer?
(a) The attic.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The barrel stove.
(d) The larger cabin.

6. Who gave the Hoovers the lead they followed?
(a) A relative.
(b) The U.S. Forest Service.
(c) A colleague of Adrian's.
(d) A friend.

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

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

9. What did Jacques Plessis want from the Hoovers?
(a) Help making a phone call.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Help getting his car out of a ditch.
(d) Money.

10. What trait of Jacques Plessis inspired Helen?
(a) His honesty.
(b) His tenacity.
(c) His tenderness.
(d) His intelligence.

11. 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) Nostalgic for the city.
(b) Terrified of the winter.
(c) Dwarfed by the extent of the woods and the cold.
(d) At home in the wilderness.

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

13. What created the jarring sensation Helen felt during the rainstorm?
(a) The wind moving the cabin.
(b) A basement wall giving way.
(c) The floor rotting out.
(d) The roof sagging.

14. What physical state was Jacques Plessis in when he found the Hoovers' cabin?
(a) Delirious.
(b) Frostbitten.
(c) Half-starved.
(d) Exhausted.

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