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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. Helen's boss send her to speak to ______________.

2. How long did Helen and Adrian Hoover take to decide to buy the cabin?

3. What did the Hoovers plan to do during their vacation?

4. What did Jacques Plessis give the Hoovers?

5. What was Helen's plan for making money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stress did the moving truck present Helen and Adrian Hoover with?

2. What was Helen's experience with the squirrels?

3. Who are the Larimers, and what did the Hoovers have to do with them?

4. What animal visitor did Helen and Adrian Hoover have in the basement?

5. Describe the mice the Hoovers found.

6. What did the sheriff decide about the car accident?

7. How did the Hoovers practically asphyxiate themselves?

8. What happened to Helen in the car accident?

9. What was the damage to the Hoovers' car?

10. How was Helen inspired by Jacques Plessis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the importance of writing to the Hoovers. Was Helen a writer when she went into the woods? Did being in the woods make her a writer? Did she go to the woods to become a writer, or was she finally able to write out the things that had always been inside her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How would you characterize the epiphanies in 'A Place in the Woods'? What did Helen and Adrian Hoover draw near to? Nature? Humanity? What led up to their moments of union? Where were they when they returned to themselves?

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