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

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

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

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

5. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?
(a) Write the Postmaster General and then Senators and Representatives.
(b) Call the Postmaster General.
(c) Gather for a peaceful demonstration.
(d) Write to the President of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?

2. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

3. What did the Nearings eat for breakfast?

4. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?

5. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the Nearings' view of keeping animals? How far did this belief system go?

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

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

5. What was the Nearings' views of an hourly wage?

6. How did the Nearings trade work with their neighbors? What example can you give?

7. Why were the music sessions a community success? What was different about them that made people want to stay and visit?

8. Who was this book written for?

9. What were the Nearings' views regarding the roof of structures? What material did they end up using in Vermont?

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

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