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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. During the 1970s, how many visitors came to the farm in a year?
(a) 200 to 250.
(b) 2 to 5.
(c) 20 to 25.
(d) 2000 to 2500.

2. Within 5 weeks, how hot would the compost pile get?
(a) 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

3. What was the one negative item about the pond?
(a) Moss.
(b) Trash.
(c) The water was always too hot.
(d) Leaks.

4. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?
(a) To the north side.
(b) Far away from the house.
(c) To the south or west side.
(d) Above the house on a hillside.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What angered Scott about some visitors that came in one morning just before the Nearings decided to move to Maine?

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

3. What percentage of the food they ate did the Nearings produce?

4. Why did the Nearings want a pond?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Nearings can fruit?

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

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

4. How did the Nearings lay out a garden?

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

6. How were the Nearings gardens like Japanese gardens?

7. How was building the pond an exercise in patience?

8. What were the Nearings thoughts on cold-weather planting?

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

10. What caused the leaks in the pond?

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