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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 did the hunter animal eat when the Hoovers ran out of food for the animals?

2. What were the Hoovers doing when they discovered a fire in Chapter 8, "A Beginning"?

3. How did Adrian's invention's trial run end?

4. What was the first thing Helen and Adrian Hoover created with the mimeograph?

5. What project did Helen say she would like to take on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the warmer temperatures change Helen and Adrian Hoover's routines?

2. Describe the chimney fire.

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

4. What happened to the Hoovers' chickens?

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

6. Who was Blondie?

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

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

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

10. How did Helen find she had oriented herself in time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a personality sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was the Hoovers' relation with the local people? Were they like settlers, taking land from the locals? Or were they refugees displaced from the city to the country? Were they returning home in some way?

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