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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Nearings get most of the clothes they wore?
(a) They too hand-me-downs from neighbors.
(b) They bought them in thrift shops and rummage sales.
(c) They made them from their sheep.
(d) They bought them on trips to New York.

2. How many people visit the farm in Maine?
(a) 10.
(b) A few.
(c) 56.
(d) Thousands.

3. How long could the Nearings harvest their fall garden?
(a) For 2 or 3 days.
(b) Throughout the winter.
(c) For 2 to 3 months until night frosts were sufficiently severe.
(d) For about 2 weeks.

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

5. What did the Nearings compare their gardening style to?
(a) The Iowa way.
(b) The Japanese way.
(c) The Chinese way.
(d) The Russian way.

6. What were Helen's parents?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Theologists.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Theosophists.

7. 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.

8. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?
(a) Plants on the ground level.
(b) Plants below ground level.
(c) Plants at waist level.
(d) Plants on a sloping hill.

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

10. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?
(a) When they had food all winter long.
(b) When they canned all their food.
(c) When visitors came and they had enough to eat.
(d) When they ate a fresh salad.

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

12. What are cloches?
(a) Glass enclosures for several plants.
(b) Small plastic enclosures for individual plants.
(c) Small paper bag enclosures for individual plants.
(d) Small glass enclosures for individual plants.

13. How much did the Nearings use a mowing machine?
(a) For 2 weeks in the year.
(b) For 2 months out of the year.
(c) For 3 months during the summer.
(d) About 6 or 8 hours a year.

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

15. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?
(a) "Pole" varieties.
(b) "Trellis" varieties.
(c) "Sky High" varieties.
(d) "Telephone" varieties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?

2. What are the disadvantages to pit growing in a greenhouse, according to the Nearings?

3. Who did all the stonework on the house in Maine?

4. Who did all the hand hewing of the timbers for the new house in Maine?

5. What are some visitors looking for to buy or have given to them?

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