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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 windfall did Helen and Adrian Hoover get at the beginning of spring?

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

3. What did Helen begin to plan in Chapter 6 "Time of Thawing"?

4. In the winter, what did Adrian make some money doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when the chicks outgrew their tub?

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

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

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

6. What happened to the Hoovers' chickens?

7. How did Adrian get ice from the lake?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting and characterizations of nature. What role does nature play in 'A Place in the Woods'? Does Helen Hoover humanize the animals? What is the range of representations of nature?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Assess the extent to which the Hoovers are American in their project. In what ways are they fulfilling an American promise? In what way might they be running from American promises?

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