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

2. In Vermont, what mountain did the Nearings live at the foot of?

3. What were colonists who moved from England to New England not concerned with?

4. How were the Nearings travel expenses paid when they were asked to speak or lecture?

5. What are enlarged "cold frames?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did the Nearings make applesauce?

6. How did Scott Nearing remove a large tree?

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

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

9. How were the Nearings gardens like Japanese gardens?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What made the Nearings move from Vermont to Maine? What happened to the area around their farm and what happened to their neighbors?

Essay Topic 2

As others viewed life as meaningless and looked for forms of escape after the war, how did the Nearings view life? What did they mean by "urgent?"

Essay Topic 3

Why did the Nearing find the question "Who is your family doctor?" so strange? What did they think of doctors? How do the Chinese view doctors? How is this similar to the Nearing's attitudes toward health professionals?

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