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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 miles did the Nearings move from Vermont to Maine?
(a) 800.
(b) 600.
(c) 450.
(d) 350.
2. 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.
3. How deep was the stone garden wall in Maine?
(a) 24 to 26 inches.
(b) 4 to 5 inches.
(c) 30 to 48 inches.
(d) 62 to 98 inches.
4. Who did all the hand hewing of the timbers for the new house in Maine?
(a) Keith Heavrin.
(b) Scott.
(c) Helen.
(d) Bretton
5. How much would the insurance policy cost to insure the sugarhouse in Vermont?
(a) $550.00 per 6 months.
(b) $125.00 per month.
(c) $550.00 per month.
(d) $125.00 per year.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is "wooding-it?"
2. What makes the best fertilizer naturally, according to the Nearings?
3. Forrest Tyson, who did the electrical work on the house in Maine was a teacher where?
4. What should be recorded on paper when a homesteader is working a farm?
5. What did Greg Summers, the man from Wisconsin with a background in art, do for cash?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Nearing's favorite tool?
2. How was building the pond an exercise in patience?
3. How did the Nearings can fruit?
4. What changed in the attitudes of the community in Vermont during and after WWII?
5. According to the Nearings, what makes a successful enterprise?
6. What point do the Nearings make about personal style in a home?
7. How did the Nearings build a greenhouse? What were the important things to consider?
8. When the Nearings found a worn-out apple tree near the blueberries, how did they make it grow?
9. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?
10. Why did the Nearings build their first greenhouse?
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