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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. At the end of the section, where is the author when he encounters a deer?

2. The author visits his son's school in __________________.

3. According to the farmer, how do most people use the dead calves?

4. In "March 14 Storm" what is the author beginning to feel?

5. The author ponders about the first Native Americans who discovered __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What experiment does the author perform with the squirrels? Why?

2. Describe the author's dreams in "April 2 Dreams." What might these mean?

3. What does the author realize about the ravens in "December 23 Ravens"? How does this affect his behavior?

4. How does the book come to an end? After a year of living in the woods, how does the author feel about his life there? Why?

5. What takes place in "April 4 Returns"? Describe the author's attitude at this time.

6. What is taking place in "March 13 Storm Warnings"? Why do the people act and feel this way?

7. How does the author deal with his "cabin fever"?

8. What does the author learn from this dissection? How is this important to him?

9. What takes place in "Early February"? What is your reaction to this? Why?

10. What takes place in "March 31"? How might the author feel about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author rids himself of many modern conveniences.

Part 1) What are several modern conveniences he does away with? Why? What is the purpose of ridding his life of modern conveniences? Should he do this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this "simpler" life affect the author? What does he learn about himself, the natural world around him, and the modern world from doing away with most modern conveniences?

Part 3) Should people spend time without modern conveniences and technology? Why or why not? Would you choose to live without modern conveniences for a period of time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Much of the activities in the woods have to do with survival.

Part 1) Describe the activities of the author and other creatures. How are they necessary to survival? What parallels in behavior can be seen between the author and the wild animals? Why?

Part 2) What activities do you do that are related to survival? Are those activities based on instinct or on the way in which you were raised?

Part 3) How is survival a theme in this book? What does the author say about this theme? Why does he say this? What does this reveal about him?

Essay Topic 3

The author is sick of celebrating Christmas in the traditional American way.

Part 1) How has he come to this conclusion? Why might he feel this way? Might these feelings change again? Why or why not?

Part 2) How might he want to celebrate Christmas? Why might he want to celebrate it in this way? How might it reflect his lifestyle since he has lived in the cabin in the Maine woods?

Part 3) How do you celebrate holidays? Do you celebrate in a traditionally American way? Why or why not? Would you change the way you celebrate? If so, how would you change and why would you change? If not, why not?

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