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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Maine, what would an average family of 4 or 5 adults and children require to produce a minimum amount of vegetables?
(a) An acre.
(b) A quarter-acre.
(c) A half-acre.
(d) 70 acres.

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

3. What is "wooding-it?"
(a) Chopping wood.
(b) Felling a tree.
(c) Building cabinets.
(d) Burning wood.

4. When did the Nearings use bagged commercial fertililzer commonly sold to farmers?
(a) Once a year in the spring.
(b) Once every 5 years to replenish the soil.
(c) They never touched it.
(d) Twice a year at planting and harvest.

5. What did the Nearings think was the downfall of most homesteaders?
(a) They tended to be inexperienced and impatient.
(b) They spent too much money up front.
(c) They worked 8 hours a day.
(d) They couldn't take the hard work days.

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

7. How did the Nearings obtain a freezer?
(a) They bought one.
(b) They traded for one.
(c) They inherited one.
(d) The were given one.

8. What does "pay as you go" mean to the Nearings?
(a) Live within your means without credit.
(b) Pay your credit card statements on time.
(c) Pay off all your bills when they are due.
(d) Pay off your student loans.

9. During the 1970s, how many visitors came to the farm in a year?
(a) 200 to 250.
(b) 2 to 5.
(c) 20 to 25.
(d) 2000 to 2500.

10. As the ski business moved into the valley, what did the neighbors call the area where the Nearings lived in Vermont?
(a) Lost Horizon.
(b) The Wilderness.
(c) Grandmother's house.
(d) The Wild Ones.

11. What are some visitors looking for to buy or have given to them?
(a) Food.
(b) Land.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Dogs.

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

13. What percentage of the food they ate did the Nearings produce?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

14. Who did all the hand hewing of the timbers for the new house in Maine?
(a) Bretton
(b) Scott.
(c) Helen.
(d) Keith Heavrin.

15. What is Celtus?
(a) A tempature devise.
(b) A plant midway between celery and lettuce.
(c) A red plant with berries.
(d) A basketball team.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Nearings planted their first garden in Maine, what was the first problem they encountered with local animals?

2. What is "heeling-in?"

3. What was the size of the garage-workshop-storeroom in Maine?

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

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

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