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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?
(a) The previous owners
(b) The Lightfoots.
(c) The local grocery.
(d) The Nearings had cows.

2. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(b) By "cash labor" and "free labor."
(c) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."
(d) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."

3. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?
(a) 1/3 of the cost.
(b) 1/2 of the cost.
(c) 99 percent of the cost.
(d) 3/4 of the cost.

4. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?
(a) Through a double front door.
(b) Through a side door from the garage.
(c) Through the cellar.
(d) Through the door in the kitchen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?

2. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

3. How was each work day divided up?

4. What became a big problem for the town when discussing social events that nearly ripped the town apart?

5. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?

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