3. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?
(a) Raddishes.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Carrots.

4. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?
(a) Syrup and sugar.
(b) Dairy.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Vegetables.

5. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?
(a) They were cheaper to maintain, would not burn and were cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
(b) They were easy to build with.
(c) They were not as pretty as wood, but more solid.
(d) They were like a fortress and kept visitors away.

6. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?
(a) Like the unveiling of an art work.
(b) Like a picture perfect post card.
(c) Like a beautiful sunset.
(d) Like the green meadow, dotted with wildflowers.

7. How did the Nearings make applesauce?
(a) They froze them in the freezer.
(b) The "open kettle" way.
(c) They chopped up the apples and stored them through the winter until it was applesauce time.
(d) They strained the apples through cheesecloth and canned them.

8. What direction do the rows in a garden need to be planted to assure maximum sun to the roots?
(a) East and West.
(b) Not in rows, but in pods.
(c) North and South.
(d) At right angles.

9. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Utopian society.
(b) Sane world.
(c) Removed area.
(d) Insane world.

10. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?
(a) The Attorney General of the state.
(b) The Representative who represented their valley.
(c) The Postmaster General of the state.
(d) The Governor of the State of Vermont.

11. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?
(a) Juicy only.
(b) 1/2 yellow and the rest juicy.
(c) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(d) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.

12. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Ants.
(c) Bees.
(d) Earth worms and worm capsules.

13. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
(a) Hoe the row and pull them out.
(b) Put at ladder up in a tree.
(c) Stand on a stool or ladder.
(d) Bend and kneel on the ground.

14. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?
(a) The previous owners
(b) The local grocery.
(c) The Lightfoots.
(d) The Nearings had cows.

15. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?
(a) Harold Field.
(b) Nobody. They researched it and learned from books.
(c) Zoe and Floyd Hurd.
(d) Walter Twing.