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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?
(a) Mary Stackhouse.
(b) George Near.
(c) Opal Grange.
(d) Venice Waller.

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

3. Forrest Tyson, who did the electrical work on the house in Maine was a teacher where?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) University of Hartford.
(c) New York.
(d) Philidelphia public schools.

4. When the Nearings planted their first garden in Maine, what was the first problem they encountered with local animals?
(a) The deer were eating the seeds.
(b) The kittens were eating the seeds.
(c) The birds were eating the seeds.
(d) The racoons were eating the seeds.

5. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?
(a) To the south or west side.
(b) Far away from the house.
(c) To the north side.
(d) Above the house on a hillside.

6. How much does an 18-inch walking space take up in a nine-foot greenhouse?
(a) 46 percent of the total floor space.
(b) One-sixth of the total floor space.
(c) A tenth of the total floor space.
(d) One- fourth of the total floor space.

7. How high are gardening beds raised off the ground?
(a) 1 inch.
(b) 68 inches.
(c) Several inches.
(d) 2 feet.

8. In Vermont, what mountain did the Nearings live at the foot of?
(a) Highlands Mountain.
(b) Stratton Mountain.
(c) Helen's Mountain.
(d) Ski Resort Mountain.

9. How could a competent wood worker determine where a tree would fall?
(a) By properly notching and sawing the tree.
(b) By guessing.
(c) By pushing it in the right direction.
(d) By listening to the wood as it is chopped.

10. How did the Nearings eat their bread?
(a) With ots of butter.
(b) The grain unground and unkneaded.
(c) In whole wheat loaves.
(d) In loaves.

11. What was the size of the garage-workshop-storeroom in Maine?
(a) 25 feet wide and 50 feet long.
(b) 25 x 25.
(c) 5 feet wide and 9 feet long.
(d) 20 feet wide and 100 feet long.

12. When the Nearings sent samples of their garden soil to be analyzed by the University of Maine, what were the results?
(a) Too rich.
(b) Too much sand.
(c) Too dry.
(d) Too much clay.

13. Who occupied one of the guest cabins in Maine for years?
(a) Helen.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Scott.
(d) Richard Gregg.

14. What, according to the Nearings, did frogs like?
(a) The cool area under the porch.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Shallow water and mud.
(d) Deep blue pond water.

15. Why is bed gardening considered such a good idea?
(a) Plants are planted by color.
(b) The plants are planted in rows and so much easer to hoe.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "wooding-it?"

2. Which way should a garden slope to get maximum sun exposure and good drainage?

3. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?

4. What did the Nearings use to excavate the pond bed with?

5. What was the nearest airport to the house in Maine?

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