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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 the Hoovers leave out for the animal that scared off the squirrels?
(a) Dead mice.
(b) A bacon rind.
(c) Suet.
(d) Honey water.

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

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

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

5. What building was on fire?
(a) Adrian's workshop.
(b) The log cabin.
(c) The larger cabin.
(d) The ice house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Helen paid for her article?

2. What did Helen make in an old-fashioned way?

3. What change in animal behavior did Helen notice in the beginning of Section II of Chapter 6, "Time of Thawing"?

4. What did Helen do in spite of being alarmed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the FBI want when they came to see the Hoovers?

2. What did the fire in the workshop start from?

3. How did Helen and Adrian put out the fire in the workshop?

4. How did the Hoovers try to get animals close to the cabin?

5. What happened to the Hoovers' chickens?

6. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

7. What was the benefit of the structure Adrian built?

8. Who was Walter?

9. What was the old life the Hoovers left behind?

10. What interactions did the Hoovers have with the fishers?

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