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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. Whom did Helen discover was going out of business?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) The magazine.
(c) The deliveryman.
(d) The oil company.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Helen and Adrian Hoover consider buying food?

2. What animal let itself into the cabin and hissed at Helen?

3. What wildlife did the Hoovers NOT see outside their cabin?

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

5. What did Helen begin to plan in Chapter 6 "Time of Thawing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization did Helen come to after the workshop burned?

2. Who was Blondie?

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

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

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

6. Describe the chimney fire.

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

8. Who was Walter?

9. What happened when the chicks outgrew their tub?

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

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