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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. Which way should a garden slope to get maximum sun exposure and good drainage?
(a) Rolling to the north.
(b) To the east for sunrise.
(c) Tumbling down the west.
(d) Gently toward the south.

2. What, according to the Nearings, made a parsnip tasty?
(a) A little sea salt.
(b) Freezing would convert their starch into sugar.
(c) Honey.
(d) Syrup.

3. What was Hancock County, Maine known for?
(a) As one of Maine's "blueberry counties."
(b) As the "ski resort" county.
(c) As the "apple orchard" county.
(d) As the "seaside getaway" county

4. Why is bed gardening considered such a good idea?
(a) Plants are planted by color.
(b) Plant types all planted together so each bed has only one plant type.
(c) The plants are planted in rows and so much easer to hoe.
(d) The gardener keeps his feet in the walkways and does not pack down the seed rows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?

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

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

4. How old were Helen and Scott when the stone garden wall was finished?

5. What are enlarged "cold frames?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Nearings believe homesteaders should record everything?

3. 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?

4. How were the Nearings gardens like Japanese gardens?

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

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

7. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?

8. How did the Nearings lay out a garden?

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

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

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