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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 the Hoovers feel when the delivery truck arrived?

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

3. What was Helen surprised by when she got to town?

4. When did Helen have to return to work?

5. What did the psychiatrist say isolation would do for Adrian?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the airtight stove?

4. How did the Hoovers stay warm through the winter?

5. What mishaps did Helen and Adrian Hoover have on moving into the cabin?

6. Who are the Larimers, and what did the Hoovers have to do with them?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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