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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 did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
2. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
3. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?
4. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
5. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Nearings' view about old buildings? What was their solution to old buildings?
2. How did the Nearings decide to make maple syrup as their cash crop? How did this decision surprise them?
3. What was the Nearings' views of an hourly wage?
4. What kind of visitors came to stay at the farm? Who were successful, and who were not and why?
5. Why was digging a foundation for a building so very important? How deep did the footings need to be and why?
6. What were the Nearings' views regarding the roof of structures? What material did they end up using in Vermont?
7. What was the Nearings' view of keeping animals? How far did this belief system go?
8. 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?
9. What, according to the Nearings, was the value of compost and mulch?
10. What happens to flour when it is processed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the general workday. How did the Nearings work? How many hours were devoted to work and how many to leisure? Why did they set up their farm in this way? What were the benefits? What were the drawbacks?
Essay Topic 2
Why did the Nearings have no fear of age? Think about the age they were when they moved to Vermont. Why did this not bother them?
Essay Topic 3
What, according the the Nearings, was bed gardening and how was it used by other countries?
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