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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many feet was the stone garden wall in Maine?
(a) 124.
(b) 680.
(c) 667.
(d) 420.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?

2. What was the one negative item about the pond?

3. How much did the stone garden wall cost?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was building the pond an exercise in patience?

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

3. What were the Nearings thoughts on cold-weather planting?

4. How did the Nearings feel as they began to age about life?

5. What did the Nearings continue to find on the farm?

6. What was the importance of Bretton Brubaker's work on the house in Maine?

7. How did the Nearings lay out a garden?

8. How did Scott Nearing remove a large tree?

9. Describe the house in Maine.

10. Why did the Nearings NOT chose a location in Europe for either one of their moves?

(see the answer keys)

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