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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 are the disadvantages to pit growing in a greenhouse, according to the Nearings?

2. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?

3. How far apart were the Nearing's compost piles?

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

5. How deep was the stone garden wall in Maine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What one regret did the authors have about the stone wall they had to build around the garden in Maine?

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

4. What caused the leaks in the pond?

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

6. What was the Nearing's favorite tool?

7. 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?

8. When the Nearings visited a farm in Holland, how did the family use compost piles?

9. What was the Nearings' attitudes toward doctors?

10. How did the Nearings can fruit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the Nearings leave New York? What was the political climate in 1932? What was happening in the nation? What did the Nearings do before they moved to Vermont?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How important was documentation? How did the Nearings document their farming experiment?

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