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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. Which is NOT one of the Hoovers' chickens?
(a) Tulip.
(b) Lester.
(c) Crown Prince.
(d) Bedelia.

2. What wildlife did the Hoovers NOT see outside their cabin?
(a) Deer.
(b) Ermine.
(c) Elk.
(d) Red Squirrels.

3. What arrived with Helen's pension check?
(a) A backlog of newspapers and magazines.
(b) The grocery bill.
(c) Legal papers from George Wilson.
(d) A letter from their son.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Adrian's invention's trial run end?

2. How would you describe the quantity of Christmas cards the Hoovers received?

3. What surprise did Helen get when she looked at her finances?

4. What weather event became common through the summer?

5. What did the temperature do when the wind changed in Chapter 6 "Time of Thawing"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Adrian's notepaper fare at the gift store?

3. How did the warmer temperatures change Helen and Adrian Hoover's routines?

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

5. What animals did the Hoovers see near their cabin?

6. What was Helen's relationship with the locals like?

7. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

8. Who was Blondie?

9. How did Helen find she had oriented herself in time?

10. How did the Hoovers pass the time during the long winter nights?

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