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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life Continues, Chapters Five through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?
(a) Write the Postmaster General and then Senators and Representatives.
(b) Gather for a peaceful demonstration.
(c) Write to the President of the United States.
(d) Call the Postmaster General.

2. What, according to the Nearings, did frogs like?
(a) The cool area under the porch.
(b) Shallow water and mud.
(c) Deep blue pond water.
(d) The ocean.

3. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?
(a) On the level with the house.
(b) At waist-high level.
(c) Below sea level.
(d) Up three steps.

4. How often did the Nearings have a crop failure with blueberries?
(a) Twice.
(b) Four times.
(c) Never.
(d) Every other year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?

2. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?

3. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?

4. How did the Nearings obtain a freezer?

5. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?

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