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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nearings build their greenhouses out of?
(a) Glass and plastic.
(b) Cement and plastic.
(c) Stone and cement and glass.
(d) Wood.

2. What did the Nearings think was the downfall of most homesteaders?
(a) They couldn't take the hard work days.
(b) They worked 8 hours a day.
(c) They spent too much money up front.
(d) They tended to be inexperienced and impatient.

3. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Low-lying and metal.
(b) Tile.
(c) Tar.
(d) Shingle.

4. How much does an 18-inch walking space take up in a nine-foot greenhouse?
(a) One-sixth of the total floor space.
(b) A tenth of the total floor space.
(c) One- fourth of the total floor space.
(d) 46 percent of the total floor space.

5. How long did it take for a compost pile to be ready to use in the garden?
(a) 6 month.s
(b) A full year.
(c) About two months.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?

2. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?

3. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

4. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?

5. In Vermont, what mountain did the Nearings live at the foot of?

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