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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 do when the Larimers refused their request?

2. What was the weather on Thanksgiving?

3. What did Helen say she had always wanted to do?

4. What did John Anderson assure Helen and Adrian Hoover he would do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What modification did Adrian make to the log roller?

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

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

5. What events surrounded the Hoovers' decision to stay in the cabin?

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

7. What happened to Helen in the car accident?

8. What did the psychiatrist tell Helen?

9. What happened to the lawsuit from George Wilson?

10. How did the Hoovers practically asphyxiate themselves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Read the first chapter of Thoreau's Walden. Compare and contrast the Hoovers' book with Walden. How are they similar? How are they different? Are the Hoovers undertaking the same project as Thoreau?

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