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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Helen and Adrian Hoover use to cool down their stove when it was overheating?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Water.
(c) Snow.
(d) A fire extinguisher.

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

3. What was Helen's plan for making money?
(a) Selling their furniture.
(b) Cutting back all their expenses.
(c) Using windblown branches for heat.
(d) Selling her books.

4. Helen said that she wanted to deal humanely with ______________.
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The bedbugs.
(c) Her writing.
(d) The mouse infestation.

5. What did the Hoovers do when the Larimers refused their request?
(a) Did the work themselves.
(b) Relocated.
(c) Built another cabin.
(d) Bought their property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jacques Plessis offer the Hoovers?

2. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover describe the foreman who brought their meat?

3. What was Adrian's diagnosis?

4. What was Helen impressed by after the accident?

5. What was Helen surprised by when she got to town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the psychiatrist tell Helen?

2. What was the damage to the Hoovers' car?

3. What did the sheriff decide about the car accident?

4. What did Hilda and Sven say when they left for the season?

5. How was Helen inspired by Jacques Plessis?

6. What happened to give the Hoovers an excuse to spend a long time in the cabin?

7. What was Helen's experience when Adrian was getting mail?

8. What surprised Helen when she and Adrian went to town?

9. Describe the mice the Hoovers found.

10. Describe the first cabin the Hoovers bought.

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