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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does an 18-inch walking space take up in a nine-foot greenhouse?

2. How did the Nearings obtain a freezer?

3. What, according to the Nearings, made a parsnip tasty?

4. Who did all the pointing work on the house in Maine?

5. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What caused the leaks in the pond?

9. How did the Nearings lay out a garden?

10. How were the Nearings gardens like Japanese gardens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the Nearings' personal beliefs regarding meat? How did their beliefs change through the years?

Essay Topic 2

How was the farm in Vermont different from the farm in Maine? How were they the same?

Essay Topic 3

What were the Nearings views about the war? How did their views affect how they got along with their neighbors?

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