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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. In what way did Adrian take pity on the animal that was hunting the domesticated animal?

2. What piece of equipment was Helen lacking for her project?

3. What did the Hoovers use their money to buy in Chapter 5, "Snow Scene"?

4. What did the Hoovers realize as a result of the fire?

5. In what mode is this book written?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to the Hoovers' chickens?

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

7. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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

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?

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