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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life Continues, Chapters Five through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?
(a) Most of their neighbors.
(b) 2 close friends.
(c) None.
(d) Only a neighbor man who stayed with them for a long while.

3. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
(a) Bend and kneel on the ground.
(b) Hoe the row and pull them out.
(c) Stand on a stool or ladder.
(d) Put at ladder up in a tree.

4. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?
(a) He liked the work, but hated their food.
(b) He worked with them for 15 years.
(c) The work schedule was too rigid.
(d) He thrived in the environment.

5. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?
(a) Candy, pastries, meats, soft drinks, alcohol, tea, coffee, or tobacco.
(b) Oils.
(c) Fresh fruits and vegetables.
(d) Avacados.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?

2. Who did Frederick Van de Water represent during the mail battle?

3. What, according to the Nearings, did frogs like?

4. What was the one negative item about the pond?

5. What did the Nearings eat from?

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