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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the Hoovers be giving up when they move to the cabin?

2. What did Adrian suggest they do until they could get an oil stove?

3. What was Helen and Adrian Hoover's response to George Wilson's suit?

4. What was the liquid which Adrian thought was oil?

5. What did Hilda bring to Helen and Adrian Hoover when they moved?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opportunity did the Hoovers see in the basement?

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

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

4. What happened to the cabin during the rainstorm?

5. Who was Jacques Plessis, and what did the Hoovers do for him?

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

7. Describe the first cabin the Hoovers bought.

8. How was Helen inspired by Jacques Plessis?

9. What was Adrian's plan for making money, and what happened to his plan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think the Hoovers' exercise will play out, based on what Helen Hoover wrote in the book? How long do you think they will last? What evidence does the book give of underlying feelings that would take them back to civilization, or running away from nature?

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Hoovers' relation with the local people? Were they like settlers, taking land from the locals? Or were they refugees displaced from the city to the country? Were they returning home in some way?

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