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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 fresh water.
(b) For bathing.
(c) For swimming and ice skating and as a source of irrigation for the garden.
(d) For fishing.

2. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?
(a) Opal Grange.
(b) George Near.
(c) Venice Waller.
(d) Mary Stackhouse.

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

4. What invaded the cellar one winter and ate all the food stored there while the Nearings were away?
(a) A deer.
(b) Probably a rat or a squirrel.
(c) A stray dog.
(d) A litter of kittens.

5. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?
(a) "Telephone" varieties.
(b) "Pole" varieties.
(c) "Sky High" varieties.
(d) "Trellis" varieties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings build their greenhouses out of?

2. What caused a cellar to be too warm for the Nearings?

3. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?

4. How deep was the stone garden wall in Maine?

5. Which way should a garden slope to get maximum sun exposure and good drainage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What one regret did the authors have about the stone wall they had to build around the garden in Maine?

3. How did the Nearings lay out a garden?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Why did the Nearings build their first greenhouse?

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

10. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?

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