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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Nearings want a pond?
(a) For fishing.
(b) For fresh water.
(c) For swimming and ice skating and as a source of irrigation for the garden.
(d) For bathing.

2. What year did the Nearings complete the stone outhouse in Maine?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1973.

3. What purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?
(a) They act as radiators.
(b) They are cool in the summer.
(c) They are pretty to look at.
(d) They are solid and will not fall.

4. Why is bed gardening considered such a good idea?
(a) The plants are planted in rows and so much easer to hoe.
(b) Plants are planted by color.
(c) The gardener keeps his feet in the walkways and does not pack down the seed rows.
(d) Plant types all planted together so each bed has only one plant type.

5. What is "heeling-in?"
(a) To be set in ones ways.
(b) To make a mark in the dirt with the heel of your foot for planting.
(c) To train a dog.
(d) The plant is dug up and then replanted with undamaged roots.

6. How many hills of corn did the Nearings usually plant?
(a) 50 to 60 hills.
(b) 80 to 100 hills.
(c) 1 to 4 hills.
(d) 5 to 10 hills.

7. What kind of roof was on the greenhouse?
(a) A 30 degree sloping plastic roof.
(b) A 10 degree sloping window glass roof.
(c) A 10 degree sloping shingle roof.
(d) A 20 degree sloping tile roof.

8. How often did the Nearings have a crop failure with blueberries?
(a) Four times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Never.
(d) Every other year.

9. What did the Nearings call their formula for the good life?
(a) The living with little difficulty life.
(b) The four-four-four formula.
(c) The country farmer.
(d) The urban farmer.

10. How deep was the stone garden wall in Maine?
(a) 4 to 5 inches.
(b) 30 to 48 inches.
(c) 62 to 98 inches.
(d) 24 to 26 inches.

11. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?
(a) They plants did not have a long growing season.
(b) They did not like growing tall plants.
(c) They found they were using longer and higher poles and trellises.
(d) The greenhouse did not work for tall plants.

12. How much did the stone garden wall cost?
(a) $22,000.00.
(b) $225.00.
(c) $450.00
(d) $5000.00

13. How were the Nearings travel expenses paid when they were asked to speak or lecture?
(a) They had rich relatives.
(b) They had a travel allowance in their budget.
(c) The borrowed the money.
(d) Their travel expenses were paid for by those who asked them to talk.

14. How much would the insurance policy cost to insure the sugarhouse in Vermont?
(a) $125.00 per month.
(b) $125.00 per year.
(c) $550.00 per month.
(d) $550.00 per 6 months.

15. Within 5 weeks, how hot would the compost pile get?
(a) 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?

2. What is "wooding-it?"

3. What, according to the Nearings, made a parsnip tasty?

4. How could a competent wood worker determine where a tree would fall?

5. How did the Nearings obtain a freezer?

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