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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 long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?
(a) 10 month.
(b) 20 years.
(c) All his life.
(d) 35 years.
2. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Shingle.
(b) Tile.
(c) Low-lying and metal.
(d) Tar.
3. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
(a) A cliff overlooking the water.
(b) A rock ledge over a waterfall.
(c) A 26 foot split boulder.
(d) A level meadow.
4. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Granite pots.
(b) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.
(c) Tin pans.
(d) Pottery only.
5. What did the Nearings eat from?
(a) Wooden bowls.
(b) China.
(c) Plates.
(d) Plastic plates.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?
2. What, according to the Nearings, do white flour products do to a person's health?
3. At the Nearing's house, what "rounded out" breakfast?
4. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?
5. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Nearings' views of an hourly wage?
2. How did the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 affect the valley? What did they do? How was this, according to the authors, a positive event for the community?
3. 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?
4. What were Frank Lloyd Wright's basic ideas for building that the Nearings followed?
5. When others thought the Nearings were self-punishing, how did they view their life?
6. Why did the American Indians live in Connecticut and not Vermont?
7. What, according to the authors, is the best part of building a building?
8. What, according to the Nearings, was the value of compost and mulch?
9. How did the Nearings decorate? What kind of furniture and fireplaces did they use?
10. What was the planting season for the Nearings? How did they plant their gardens?
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