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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. What wildlife did the Hoovers NOT see outside their cabin?

2. What did Helen and Adrian Hoover do about the incident?

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

4. What change in animal behavior did Helen notice in the beginning of Section II of Chapter 6, "Time of Thawing"?

5. In what mode is this book written?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the chimney fire.

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

4. What was Helen's relationship with the locals like?

5. Who was Walter?

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

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

8. What happened when the chicks outgrew their tub?

9. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the political and cultural contexts for the Hoovers' flight to the woods? What was going on when they were taking off? How were other people expressing the desire to live in a different society?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the main challenges the Hoovers faced and how they overcame them. What did they have to learn in order to overcome obstacles, and what did they have to do or adjust or rethink in order to learn?

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