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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 was the sheriff's conclusion on the accident?

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

3. What was Helen impressed by after the accident?

4. Whom did the Hoovers get a nasty letter from at the end of Section 2 of Chapter 4 "...And its aftermath"?

5. What was Helen doing when she heard the animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the airtight stove?

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

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

4. Describe the first cabin the Hoovers bought.

5. What were the Hoovers' positions before the moved to the cabin?

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

7. What did the psychiatrist tell Helen?

8. What happened to Helen in the car accident?

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

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

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

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

Define the importance of writing to the Hoovers. Was Helen a writer when she went into the woods? Did being in the woods make her a writer? Did she go to the woods to become a writer, or was she finally able to write out the things that had always been inside her?

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