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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 did the Hoovers use after their air-tight stove nearly melted?

2. What state was the other driver in after the accident?

3. Where did Helen and Adrian Hoover plan to get water when they could?

4. What was Adrian's plan for making money?

5. What was Adrian Hoover's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Hoovers practically asphyxiate themselves?

2. What happened to the airtight stove?

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

4. What happened to the cabin during the rainstorm?

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

6. What was Helen's experience with the squirrels?

7. What happened to Adrian in the accident?

8. What animal visitor did Helen and Adrian Hoover have in the basement?

9. Describe the first cabin the Hoovers bought.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the relationship between civilization and nature in Helen and Adrian Hoovers' eyes. Is it an either-or relationship? Is it a series of shifting contradictions? Is it a battle? A progression from nature to civilization?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What were the political and cultural contexts for the Hoovers' flight to the woods? What was going on when they were taking off? How were other people expressing the desire to live in a different society?

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