The Good Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Good Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Nearings eat fresh from the garden?
(a) By picking produce early and letting it ripen off the vine.
(b) By canning early in the season.
(c) By eating with the seasons.
(d) By freezing food.

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

3. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Grey.
(d) Moss-green.

4. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?
(a) Like the green meadow, dotted with wildflowers.
(b) Like a beautiful sunset.
(c) Like a picture perfect post card.
(d) Like the unveiling of an art work.

5. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
(a) They went to church in the morning and worked in the afternoon.
(b) They had no schedule.
(c) They attended praise worship and then had amatuer music shows in the evening.
(d) They ate breakfast in silence.

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

7. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?
(a) "Will you take a credit card?"
(b) "How much will you expect for that job?"
(c) "Can we give you a check?"
(d) "Mastercard or Visa?"

8. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?
(a) Keep it inside the house.
(b) Keep it in the garden so it can be found and used.
(c) Keeping it sharp.
(d) Let Helen keep it.

9. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?
(a) By burning leaves.
(b) By burning areas of the forest.
(c) By using soil from the forest only.
(d) By composting.

10. How did the Nearings light their home?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Gas.
(c) With kerosene and candles.
(d) Candles.

11. How did the Nearings get stones to build their buildings?
(a) They collected them around their farm.
(b) They brought them home from their travels abroad.
(c) They cut them from large slates of granite.
(d) They bought them from a gravel company.

12. Who could "smell a frost coming?"
(a) Helen.
(b) Scott.
(c) Jack Lightfoot.
(d) Floyd Hurd.

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

14. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?
(a) Fresh fruits and vegetables.
(b) Candy, pastries, meats, soft drinks, alcohol, tea, coffee, or tobacco.
(c) Avacados.
(d) Oils.

15. How was the Sunday morning musical events divided?
(a) Into classical and pop music.
(b) Into religious and non-religious music.
(c) Into instrumental and vocal music.
(d) Into amateur and professional music.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.

2. What did the Nearings eat for breakfast?

3. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?

4. What did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?

5. Who did Frederick Van de Water represent during the mail battle?

(see the answer keys)

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