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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Continuing the Good LIfe, Chapters One through Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of roof was on the greenhouse?
(a) A 20 degree sloping tile roof.
(b) A 30 degree sloping plastic roof.
(c) A 10 degree sloping window glass roof.
(d) A 10 degree sloping shingle roof.

2. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?
(a) The land costs were more reasonable.
(b) Pennsylvania was too crowded.
(c) They wanted a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
(d) They hated the barns in Pennsylvania.

3. When the Nearings planted their first garden in Maine, what was the first problem they encountered with local animals?
(a) The birds were eating the seeds.
(b) The deer were eating the seeds.
(c) The racoons were eating the seeds.
(d) The kittens were eating the seeds.

4. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?
(a) The state.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Arthur E. Morgan, Baker Brrownell, and Ralph Borsodi.
(d) The Nearings.

5. What was the Nearing's sugarhouse stack known for?
(a) You could see the flame for miles.
(b) It was the first concrete stack in Vermont.
(c) It was made out of stone.
(d) It burned hotter than any other stack in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does healthy soil teem with?

2. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?

3. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?

4. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?

5. When the Nearings sent samples of their garden soil to be analyzed by the University of Maine, what were the results?

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