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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the visitor want?
(a) To install a weather monitor.
(b) Directions.
(c) Information about Helen's colleagues.
(d) Shelter

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

3. What caught fire in the cabin?
(a) The window curtains.
(b) The chimney.
(c) The dining room table.
(d) The stove.

4. Why did the photographer show up at the cabin?
(a) To assess the value of the property.
(b) To photograph the damage to the roof.
(c) To take pictures of birds.
(d) To follow up on a magazine contract Helen signed.

5. What did Helen make in an old-fashioned way?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Stew.
(c) Taffy.
(d) Bread.

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

7. What caused the fire?
(a) A candle.
(b) Grease on the stove.
(c) An oil lamp.
(d) Creosote buildup.

8. How much did the Hoovers' food order weigh?
(a) A ton.
(b) A hundred pounds.
(c) Seventy pounds.
(d) Two hundred pounds.

9. What did the temperature do when the wind changed in Chapter 6 "Time of Thawing"?
(a) Rose to 45º.
(b) Fell to -30º.
(c) Rose to zero.
(d) Fell to -45º.

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

11. What did Helen begin to plan in Chapter 6 "Time of Thawing"?
(a) A garden.
(b) A trip to the city.
(c) Renovations on the larger cabin.
(d) A trip to her family.

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

13. What windfall did Helen and Adrian Hoover get at the beginning of spring?
(a) A refund from the oil company.
(b) Checks from relatives.
(c) A bank error in their favor.
(d) A refund on their taxes.

14. What animal let itself into the cabin and hissed at Helen?
(a) A weasel.
(b) A fisher.
(c) A wolverine.
(d) A cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What improvement did Adrian make to the cabin?

3. What did the Hoovers do for evening entertainment?

4. What does Helen say ended with this realization?

5. What did Adrian create at the beginning of Chapter 8, "A Beginning"?

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