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

3. How long do rhubarb and asparagus beds last before they must be rotated?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) A decade or more.
(d) Two growing seasons.

4. What was the subsoil of the pond area?
(a) Black dirt.
(b) Red clay.
(c) Yellow clay.
(d) Mud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What angered Scott about some visitors that came in one morning just before the Nearings decided to move to Maine?

2. Who occupied one of the guest cabins in Maine for years?

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

4. How much did the stone garden wall cost?

5. What year did the Nearings complete the stone outhouse in Maine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Nearing's favorite tool?

2. To bring the point home to her husband about the increasing number of visitors, how did Helen handle visitors who came to the door just before the move to Maine?

3. When the Nearings found a worn-out apple tree near the blueberries, how did they make it grow?

4. How did Scott Nearing remove a large tree?

5. According to the Nearings, what makes a successful enterprise?

6. How did the Nearings make applesauce?

7. Why did the Nearings build their first greenhouse?

8. What point do the Nearings make about personal style in a home?

9. When the Nearings visited a farm in Holland, how did the family use compost piles?

10. Why did the Nearings decide to move from Vermont? What had happened to the community they had lived in for 20 years?

(see the answer keys)

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