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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?
(a) They called and talked to each visitor.
(b) They created a form letter.
(c) They wrote a personal note to each visitor.
(d) They discouraged visitors with a newsletter.

3. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?
(a) He worked with them for 15 years.
(b) The work schedule was too rigid.
(c) He thrived in the environment.
(d) He liked the work, but hated their food.

4. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?
(a) A guesthouse.
(b) A barn.
(c) A detached cellar.
(d) A chicken coop.

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

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

7. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?
(a) On the level with the house.
(b) At waist-high level.
(c) Below sea level.
(d) Up three steps.

8. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?
(a) A gravel pit.
(b) The river bed.
(c) The mountain top.
(d) The forest floor.

9. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The Jamaica Post Office.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The ski resorts.

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

11. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?
(a) "Can we give you a check?"
(b) "Mastercard or Visa?"
(c) "Will you take a credit card?"
(d) "How much will you expect for that job?"

12. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?
(a) The Sandusky farm and the Hodges place.
(b) The Vermont farm.
(c) The Ellonen place and the Hoard place.
(d) The Madingly family place.

13. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?
(a) Sawdust.
(b) Wood.
(c) Worms.
(d) Paper.

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

15. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) $20.00.
(b) $15.00.
(c) $150.00.
(d) They traded for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?

2. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?

3. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?

4. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?

5. How was each work day divided up?

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