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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. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Insane world.
(b) Utopian society.
(c) Removed area.
(d) Sane world.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

3. What political persuasion were most Vermonters?

4. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of visitors came to stay at the farm? Who were successful, and who were not and why?

2. How did the Nearings decide to make maple syrup as their cash crop? How did this decision surprise them?

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. How did the Nearings decorate? What kind of furniture and fireplaces did they use?

5. Describe how the Nearings made fruit juice as a simple process.

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

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

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

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. What is a whole food? How did the Nearings describe a whole food?

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