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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 Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?
2. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
3. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?
4. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
5. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Nearings decorate? What kind of furniture and fireplaces did they use?
2. How did the Nearings pick the lettuce in the winter to keep it from wilting?
3. What, according to the authors, is the best part of building a building?
4. Why did the American Indians live in Connecticut and not Vermont?
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 did the people drawn to the farm lack? How could diversity have been a good thing for the Nearings?
7. How did the Nearings plant throughout the winter and continue to eat from the garden?
8. How did the issue of serving liquor at community events affect the valley in Vermont?
9. What happens to flour when it is processed?
10. What was the planting season for the Nearings? How did they plant their gardens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What made the Nearings move from Vermont to Maine? What happened to the area around their farm and what happened to their neighbors?
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
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?
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