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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 change in temperature change Helen and Adrian Hoover's routine?

2. What did Blondie find in Chapter 5, "Snow Scene"?

3. What did Helen want to use what the butcher gave her to do?

4. What was Adrian concerned about as the temperature began to fluctuate?

5. How would you describe Helen and Adrian Hoover's state by the time the flames subsided?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Adrian's notepaper fare at the gift store?

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

4. How did the warmer temperatures change Helen and Adrian Hoover's routines?

5. What was the Hoovers' first source of income from the cabin?

6. What animals did the Hoovers see near their cabin?

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

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

9. Who was Walter?

10. What did the Hoovers do when they got their mimeograph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Make a time line that covers the time span of the book. What important events took place? Mark events along different themes such as money, nature, culture, etc. Where are the key moments?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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