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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 physical state was Jacques Plessis in when he found the Hoovers' cabin?

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

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

4. Who gave the Hoovers the lead they followed?

5. What did the Hoovers ask the Larimers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Adrian in the accident?

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

3. What happened to Helen in the car accident?

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

5. Describe the first cabin the Hoovers bought.

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

7. Describe the mice the Hoovers found.

8. What did the psychiatrist tell Helen?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you do things differently than the Hoovers, if you were to go into the woods? Why would you go to the woods? What would be hardest to live without? Compare and contrast your own experience in the woods, as you imagine it.

Essay Topic 2

To what degree is this book internally consistent? How much does it follow the rules it lays out? Where does it break from its own logic or skip over things that you would think should be covered?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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