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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 hills of corn did the Nearings usually plant?
(a) 1 to 4 hills.
(b) 50 to 60 hills.
(c) 80 to 100 hills.
(d) 5 to 10 hills.

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

3. What did the Nearings use to excavate the pond bed with?
(a) A backhoe.
(b) Chainsaws.
(c) Contractors' wheelbarrows with 16-inch wheels.
(d) Post-hole diggers.

4. How old were Helen and Scott when the stone garden wall was finished?
(a) 47 and 87.
(b) 67 and 87.
(c) 57 and 87.
(d) 37 and 87.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did all the hand hewing of the timbers for the new house in Maine?

2. What was Hancock County, Maine known for?

3. What kind of roof was on the greenhouse?

4. What purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Nearings build their first greenhouse?

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

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

4. What was the Nearing's favorite tool?

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

6. How were the Nearings gardens like Japanese gardens?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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