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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?

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

4. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to flour when it is processed?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, according the the Nearings, was bed gardening and how was it used by other countries?

Essay Topic 2

How was the planting cycle used by the Nearings like the Japanese planting cycle? Why did the Japanese use gardens in a similar way to the Nearings?

Essay Topic 3

What were the Nearings' personal beliefs regarding meat? How did their beliefs change through the years?

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