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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Adrian concerned about as the temperature began to fluctuate?
(a) Heavier snow would cave in the roof.
(b) They wouldn't be able to attract animals any more.
(c) The bears would wake from hibernation and threaten their food supply.
(d) The toboggan wouldn't float on the snow any more.

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

3. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover work together to fight the fire?
(a) Helen directed while Adrian sprayed with the hose.
(b) Adrian pumped water from the lake while Helen sprayed 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.

4. 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.

5. What did Helen say would let a poor family eat cheaply?
(a) Self-reliance.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Restraint.

6. What did Helen and Adrian Hoover use Helen's check for when it came from the magazine?
(a) Celebrating.
(b) Buying a motor for their boat.
(c) Fixing the roof.
(d) Winter preparations.

7. What animal started to hunt for the animal Helen domesticated?
(a) A weasel.
(b) A wolverine.
(c) A fisher.
(d) A bear.

8. What was the first thing Helen and Adrian Hoover created with the mimeograph?
(a) Christmas cards.
(b) An advertisement for soap.
(c) A picture of themselves.
(d) A picture of deer.

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

10. What did the animal that scared off the squirrels ultimately leave with?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A baby chickadee.
(c) A mouse.
(d) Trash.

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

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

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

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

15. How did Helen suggest they could make a living?
(a) Farming.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Writing for magazines.
(d) Real estate scams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returned to the area as the weather warmed?

2. What windfall did Helen and Adrian Hoover get at the beginning of spring?

3. What collapsed under the snow in Chapter 5, "Snow Scene"?

4. What were the Hoovers doing when they discovered a fire in Chapter 8, "A Beginning"?

5. How much did the Hoovers' food order weigh?

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