View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adrian create at the beginning of Chapter 8, "A Beginning"?

2. What windfall did Helen and Adrian Hoover get at the beginning of spring?

3. How did the change in temperature change Helen and Adrian Hoover's routine?

4. How much was Helen paid for her article?

5. What caused the fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Helen find she had oriented herself in time?

2. Why did the chickens end up in the cabin with Helen and Adrian?

3. What was Helen alarmed by after the workshop fire was put out?

4. How did the Hoovers come to stock up on groceries?

5. What was the old life the Hoovers left behind?

6. What happened when the chicks outgrew their tub?

7. What did the fire in the workshop start from?

8. How did Helen and Adrian Hoover avoid having to sell one of their cabins?

9. Who was Walter?

10. How did the Hoovers pass the time during the long winter nights?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assess the extent to which the Hoovers are American in their project. In what ways are they fulfilling an American promise? In what way might they be running from American promises?

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 659 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample