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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 would the insurance policy cost to insure the sugarhouse in Vermont?

2. How many blueberry plants did the Nearings plant their first spring in Maine?

3. What is most impressive about bed gardening?

4. How often did the Nearings have a crop failure with blueberries?

5. How much of the Maine farm was a woodlot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What was the Nearing's favorite tool?

7. How did the Nearings lay out a garden?

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

9. How did the Nearings can fruit?

10. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the Nearings hate old wooden buildings? What did they recommend people do with old buildings?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What was the outcome of the Nearings' constant appeal to neighbors to live like them, follow their food choices, and be open-minded about their political views?

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