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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. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover describe the foreman who brought their meat?

2. What did Jacques Plessis want from the Hoovers?

3. What did Adrian say he would use as a freezer?

4. What accident did Helen and Adrian Hoover almost have on the way to get wood?

5. What motivated Helen to suggest her plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the psychiatrist tell Helen?

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

3. What had John Anderson done while the Hoovers were in Chicago?

4. Describe how Helen and Adrian Hoover got the oil drum to the house.

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

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

7. What was the damage to the Hoovers' car?

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

9. What did the sheriff decide about the car accident?

10. How was Helen inspired by Jacques Plessis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the main challenges the Hoovers faced and how they overcame them. What did they have to learn in order to overcome obstacles, and what did they have to do or adjust or rethink in order to learn?

Essay Topic 2

Assess the value of the statement that Helen and Adrian Hoover were running away from civilization, not running toward nature. What parts of civilization were they trying to get away from? What parts of nature drew them positively?

Essay Topic 3

How would you characterize the epiphanies in 'A Place in the Woods'? What did Helen and Adrian Hoover draw near to? Nature? Humanity? What led up to their moments of union? Where were they when they returned to themselves?

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