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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. Why did the photographer show up at the cabin?

2. What arrived with Helen's pension check?

3. What animal came to the food Helen and Adrian Hoover left out?

4. What did Hilda offer to Hoover in Chapter 5, "Snow Scene"?

5. What did the visitor want?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

4. How did Helen and Adrian put out the fire in the workshop?

5. What did Adrian do while Helen was creating a mailing list based on responses to the advertisements?

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

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

8. How did the Hoovers try to get animals close to the cabin?

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

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

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

Define the government's role in 'A Place in the Woods.' How did the Unites States government figure into Helen and Adrian Hoover's lives while they were in the woods?

Essay Topic 3

Write a personality sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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