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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. When was the last time the Hoovers saw Little Bear?

2. What did Helen make in an old-fashioned way?

3. What did Helen get more in tune with as she lost track of the months?

4. Which is NOT one of the Hoovers' chickens?

5. How did the Hoovers put the fire out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the scene Helen and Adrian Hoover witnessed with the ermine and the jays.

3. What was the benefit of the structure Adrian built?

4. What did the FBI want when they came to see the Hoovers?

5. What happened when Adrian went up to remove snow and ice from the roof?

6. What changes did Helen notice in animal behavior when spring came?

7. What happened to the Hoovers' chickens?

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

9. What realization did Helen come to after the workshop burned?

10. What interactions did the Hoovers have with the fishers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did living in the woods change how the Hoovers thought about money? Did they find new ways to make it? To live without it? To supplement it?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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