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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Adrian unleash when he was working on the roof?
(a) A flood of profanities.
(b) A flock of birds.
(c) An avalanche of snow.
(d) A flood of dammed water into the basement.

2. What did Adrian run for a short trial?
(a) His power plant.
(b) A warmer for the chickens.
(c) The engine for the boat.
(d) A refrigerator.

3. What was Helen responding to with what she created?
(a) Their planned winter food consumption.
(b) Responses to their advertisements.
(c) A huge grocery bill.
(d) Their lack of money.

4. What did Helen get more in tune with as she lost track of the months?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her past.
(c) The stars.
(d) The seasons.

5. What did Helen order with her mimeograph?
(a) Mailing lists.
(b) Pencils and ink.
(c) Envelopes for mass mailings.
(d) Paints and canvas.

6. Adrian converted the ice house to ______________.
(a) A chicken coop for winter.
(b) A store house.
(c) A root cellar.
(d) A refrigerator.

7. What did Adrian discover after removing snow from the cabin roof?
(a) Water was leaking into the cabin.
(b) Mice had used their socks for bedding
(c) A family of squirrels had nested in the roof.
(d) The roof was rotten.

8. What piece of equipment was Helen lacking for her project?
(a) Heavy cream.
(b) Potatoes and ink.
(c) A mimeograph.
(d) Paper for cards.

9. In what way did Adrian take pity on the animal that was hunting the domesticated animal?
(a) He left the door open for the animal to come out of the cold.
(b) He trapped the domesticated animal for it to eat.
(c) He cut down a ball of suet it couldn't reach.
(d) He left food on the ground for it.

10. What did Hilda offer to Hoover in Chapter 5, "Snow Scene"?
(a) Venison.
(b) Chicks to raise.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Rabbits.

11. Whom did Helen discover was going out of business?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) The magazine.
(c) The deliveryman.
(d) The oil company.

12. What did Adrian build at the beginning of Chapter 5, "A Snow Scene"?
(a) An icehouse.
(b) A wood shed.
(c) A toboggan.
(d) A lean-to.

13. What did the hunter animal eat when the Hoovers ran out of food for the animals?
(a) The Hoovers' food supply.
(b) The domesticated animal's caches.
(c) The domesticated animal.
(d) It tried to attack the Hoovers.

14. What became popular at the local gift shop?
(a) Adrian's woodworking.
(b) Helen's cross-stitching.
(c) Adrian's notepaper.
(d) Helen's crochet work.

15. Which is NOT one of the Hoovers' chickens?
(a) Tulip.
(b) Lester.
(c) Crown Prince.
(d) Bedelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Helen give this animal?

2. What weather event became common through the summer?

3. What did Helen and Adrian Hoover do about the incident?

4. In what mode is this book written?

5. What does Helen say began with this realization?

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