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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Brattleboro Reformer and the Bennington Banner.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Kansas City Star.

2. What did the boys serving in the war do to help the valley when the mail was canceled?
(a) Call their representatives.
(b) Write lots of letters home.
(c) Write their representatives.
(d) Stop writing letters.

3. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?
(a) Only a neighbor man who stayed with them for a long while.
(b) None.
(c) 2 close friends.
(d) Most of their neighbors.

4. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Illness.
(c) The absence of health.
(d) Something that causes death.

5. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?
(a) Stone.
(b) Folding.
(c) Built in.
(d) Wooden.

6. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?
(a) Harold Field.
(b) Wallace Crowninshield.
(c) Walter Twing.
(d) Floyd Hurd.

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

8. At the musical events on Sunday morning, what was to be avoided?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Rock and roll music.
(c) The use of religious music.
(d) Electric music.

9. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?
(a) Swap meets.
(b) Square dances.
(c) Movies.
(d) Bar dances.

10. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?
(a) Through a side door from the garage.
(b) Through a double front door.
(c) Through the door in the kitchen.
(d) Through the cellar.

11. How did the Nearings get stones to build their buildings?
(a) They bought them from a gravel company.
(b) They brought them home from their travels abroad.
(c) They cut them from large slates of granite.
(d) They collected them around their farm.

12. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Fish.
(c) Meatloaf.
(d) Corned beef and cabbage, beef stew or hash.

13. What became a big problem for the town when discussing social events that nearly ripped the town apart?
(a) Openly carrying firearms.
(b) The use of liquor.
(c) The type of music at the dances.
(d) Who was welcome at the dances.

14. What did the Nearings use as silverware?
(a) They fingers.
(b) Sterling silver silverware.
(c) Chopsticks.
(d) Plastic silverware.

15. What did the Nearings eat for breakfast?
(a) Bacon and eggs.
(b) Fruit, sunflower seeds, and a black molasses drink or tea.
(c) Fresh fruit and yogurt.
(d) Ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?

2. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?

3. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?

4. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?

5. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

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