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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 month is it at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What does Sam make his millhouse from?

3. How old was Frightful when Sam got her?

4. When is Frightful confiscated by a conservation officer?

5. Who helps Sam fell the tree for the sluice of the millhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Adirondack furniture?

2. What is a plumping mill?

3. Why does Alice want electricity?

4. Why doesn't Sam allow Alice to edge all the paths with stones?

5. Why doesn't Zella like the cabin Bando purchased?

6. What does Sam find missing from Alice's home when he goes to check?

7. What does Frightful look like?

8. How did Alice design her tree house when she first came to live on the mountain?

9. Why does Sam decide that he can't raise pheasant and quail for meat?

10. Where does Sam think Alice might be in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam is devastated when Frightful is taken. Why is Sam so devastated when Frightful is taken away? Why is she such an important part of his life?

Essay Topic 2

Sam moves from a primitive life style to one where he creates water-powered tools. Why does Sam begin creating tools that use water power? Since he came to the mountain to get away from civilization, is it hard for him to embrace simple technology?

Essay Topic 3

Bando is tired and gets a meal at a restaurant and stays at a hotel. Why is Bando so tired? Why does he begin to take opportunities to eat at restaurants and stay in towns rather than trekking through the woods.

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