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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. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?
(a) Nearly 80.
(b) About 10.
(c) Almost 40.
(d) Over 50.

2. What did the Nearings use as silverware?
(a) Sterling silver silverware.
(b) Chopsticks.
(c) Plastic silverware.
(d) They fingers.

3. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?
(a) They didn't want to move to the west coast.
(b) They didn't want to move to Europe.
(c) There were none available or functioning into which they could have happily and effectively fit.
(d) They didn't want to work with other people.

4. Who did Frederick Van de Water represent during the mail battle?
(a) Forestry development.
(b) The U.S. Government.
(c) Ski Enterprises.
(d) Freeman Inc.

5. At the musical events on Sunday morning, what was to be avoided?
(a) Electric music.
(b) The use of religious music.
(c) Sermons.
(d) Rock and roll music.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?

2. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?

3. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?

4. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Nearings pick the lettuce in the winter to keep it from wilting?

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

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

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

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

6. Who was this book written for?

7. What were Frank Lloyd Wright's basic ideas for building that the Nearings followed?

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

9. 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?

10. Why did the American Indians live in Connecticut and not Vermont?

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