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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. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?
2. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?
3. At the musical events on Sunday morning, what was to be avoided?
4. How did the Nearings eat fresh from the garden?
5. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were Frank Lloyd Wright's basic ideas for building that the Nearings followed?
2. 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?
3. What was the Nearings' views of an hourly wage?
4. Why were the music sessions a community success? What was different about them that made people want to stay and visit?
5. Why did the American Indians live in Connecticut and not Vermont?
6. How did the issue of serving liquor at community events affect the valley in Vermont?
7. Why was digging a foundation for a building so very important? How deep did the footings need to be and why?
8. How did the Nearings pick the lettuce in the winter to keep it from wilting?
9. What were the Nearings' views regarding the roof of structures? What material did they end up using in Vermont?
10. What about the Nearings baffled the neighbors the most?
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
What were the Nearings views about the war? How did their views affect how they got along with their neighbors?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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