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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. In Vermont, what did the Nearings NOT use to keep food cold?
2. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
3. What political persuasion were most Vermonters?
4. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
5. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to flour when it is processed?
2. How did the Nearings decide to make maple syrup as their cash crop? How did this decision surprise them?
3. What, according to the authors, is the best part of building a building?
4. How did the Nearings trade work with their neighbors? What example can you give?
5. 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?
6. What were the Nearings' views regarding the roof of structures? What material did they end up using in Vermont?
7. What kind of visitors came to stay at the farm? Who were successful, and who were not and why?
8. When others thought the Nearings were self-punishing, how did they view their life?
9. What was the planting season for the Nearings? How did they plant their gardens?
10. What did the people drawn to the farm lack? How could diversity have been a good thing for the Nearings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why did the Nearings leave New York? What was the political climate in 1932? What was happening in the nation? What did the Nearings do before they moved to Vermont?
Essay Topic 2
What were the Nearings' personal beliefs regarding meat? How did their beliefs change through the years?
Essay Topic 3
How important was documentation? How did the Nearings document their farming experiment?
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