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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 50 percent.

2. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?
(a) The state.
(b) The Nearings.
(c) Arthur E. Morgan, Baker Brrownell, and Ralph Borsodi.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

3. 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.

4. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
(a) They went to church in the morning and worked in the afternoon.
(b) They attended praise worship and then had amatuer music shows in the evening.
(c) They had no schedule.
(d) They ate breakfast in silence.

5. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?
(a) They heaved and came out of the ground.
(b) They worked great.
(c) They did not drain the water.
(d) They cracked and broke.

6. Who could "smell a frost coming?"
(a) Helen.
(b) Scott.
(c) Jack Lightfoot.
(d) Floyd Hurd.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?
(a) He collected sap from the trees.
(b) He tended his horses.
(c) He did not work.
(d) He worked in his garden.

15. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Tea.
(c) Soup and a salad.
(d) Meatloaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?

2. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?

3. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?

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

5. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?

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