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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. 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.

2. What did the Nearings call their formula for the good life?
(a) The country farmer.
(b) The four-four-four formula.
(c) The urban farmer.
(d) The living with little difficulty life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Forrest Tyson, who did the electrical work on the house in Maine was a teacher where?

2. Within 5 weeks, how hot would the compost pile get?

3. How many hills of corn did the Nearings usually plant?

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

5. How many people visit the farm in Maine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the homestead in Maine to be different than the one in Vermont? What were the Nearings looking for when they began their search for a new home?

2. How were the Nearings gardens like Japanese gardens?

3. What kinds of visitors did the Nearings have at their farms.

4. What changed in the attitudes of the community in Vermont during and after WWII?

5. What caused the leaks in the pond?

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

7. In what ways did the Nearings use wood from the forest?

8. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?

9. Why, according to the Nearings, do most people want old buildings?

10. Describe the house in Maine.

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