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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Four though Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?
(a) Stone.
(b) Folding.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Built in.

2. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
(a) A 26 foot split boulder.
(b) A cliff overlooking the water.
(c) A rock ledge over a waterfall.
(d) A level meadow.

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

4. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?
(a) All his life.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 month.
(d) 35 years.

5. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?
(a) They were cheaper to maintain, would not burn and were cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
(b) They were easy to build with.
(c) They were not as pretty as wood, but more solid.
(d) They were like a fortress and kept visitors away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?

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

3. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?

4. In Vermont, what did the Nearings NOT use to keep food cold?

5. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?

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