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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. Who did Frederick Van de Water represent during the mail battle?
(a) Ski Enterprises.
(b) Freeman Inc.
(c) Forestry development.
(d) The U.S. Government.

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

3. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(b) Frank Ghery.
(c) Louis Sullivan.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

4. What did some people think of the Nearings when they visited them in Vermont?
(a) That they were too old to be working on a farm.
(b) That they would go hungry if they stayed.
(c) That they were uncordial.
(d) That they were sloppy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?

2. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?

3. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?

4. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

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

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