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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 was Hancock County, Maine known for?

2. How long could the Nearings harvest their fall garden?

3. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?

4. When did the Nearings use bagged commercial fertililzer commonly sold to farmers?

5. What is Celtus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?

5. How did the Nearings build a greenhouse? What were the important things to consider?

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

7. Why did the Nearings believe homesteaders should record everything?

8. Why did the Nearings build their first greenhouse?

9. How did the Nearings make applesauce?

10. How did the Nearings can fruit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the Nearings decide to build stone buildings? What were the advantages to this type of building? What were the disadvantage? How did they make the building? Write a short description.

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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