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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."
(b) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(c) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."
(d) By "cash labor" and "free labor."

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

3. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) The threat of fire.
(b) Deer that kept eating the apples.
(c) A spring on the high side of the garden.
(d) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.

4. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A visitor's center.
(b) A campsite.
(c) A well.
(d) A garage.

5. How was each work day divided up?
(a) 4 hours of work and 4 hours of discussion.
(b) 4 hours of inside work and 4 hours of outside work.
(c) 8 hours days with a lunch and two breaks.
(d) 4 morning hours and 4 afternnoon hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, do white flour products do to a person's health?

2. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?

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

4. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?

5. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made the Vermont community shrink even as the Nearings lived there?

2. When others thought the Nearings were self-punishing, how did they view their life?

3. What were Frank Lloyd Wright's basic ideas for building that the Nearings followed?

4. Why did the Nearings decide on New England as a place to settle and not the southwest or other areas of the country or world?

5. Why did cooperative living fail in the valley for the Nearings?

6. How did the issue of serving liquor at community events affect the valley in Vermont?

7. What about the Nearings baffled the neighbors the most?

8. What, according to the authors, is the best part of building a building?

9. How much time did it take for the Nearings to provide food for the year, furnish their house and fuel, and provide needed repairs on the farm? What were the positive outcomes of their system?

10. How did the Nearings plant throughout the winter and continue to eat from the garden?

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