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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did Helen and Adrian Hoover spend fighting the fire?
(a) All day.
(b) Days.
(c) Hours.
(d) Minutes.

3. Where did the Hoovers put the chicks when they outgrew the incubator?
(a) The log cabin.
(b) The larger cabin.
(c) The chicken run.
(d) The yard.

4. Who was Blondie?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A weasel.
(d) A doe.

5. What did Helen want to use what the butcher gave her to do?
(a) Trap a badger.
(b) Domesticate a rabbit.
(c) Attract a fox.
(d) Trap a mink.

6. What did Helen's creation remind Adrian of?
(a) His grandmother's cooking.
(b) Holidays.
(c) The feasts they had when Helen's parents were still alive.
(d) His mother.

7. What did Helen do in spite of being alarmed?
(a) Started clearing out the building.
(b) Chased down stray sparks.
(c) Went to bed.
(d) Went for a swim.

8. What craft did Helen work on in the evenings?
(a) Quilting.
(b) Needlework.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Darning.

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

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

11. What did Adrian create at the beginning of Chapter 8, "A Beginning"?
(a) A chicken coop.
(b) A new notepaper design.
(c) A new icehouse.
(d) A still.

12. Helen was alarmed by _____________.
(a) Adrian's giddiness.
(b) Adrian's despair.
(c) Adrian's cuts and burns.
(d) Adrian's bumps and bruises.

13. What does Helen say ended with this realization?
(a) Their old life.
(b) Their commitment to a new world.
(c) Their hope of living in the woods.
(d) Their faith in nature.

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

15. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover work together to fight the fire?
(a) Helen filled the buckets while Adrian threw them on the fire.
(b) Helen directed while Adrian sprayed with the hose.
(c) Adrian pumped water from the lake while Helen sprayed the hose.
(d) Adrian sprayed with the extinguisher while Helen got the spare extinguisher from the other cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of equipment did Helen decide would be too costly?

2. What was Adrian concerned about as the temperature began to fluctuate?

3. How did Adrian scare off the hunter who had been lurking around the cabin?

4. What improvement did Adrian make to the cabin?

5. What did Helen get more in tune with as she lost track of the months?

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