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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. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?
(a) He did not work.
(b) He worked in his garden.
(c) He tended his horses.
(d) He collected sap from the trees.

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

3. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?
(a) Bar dances.
(b) Swap meets.
(c) Movies.
(d) Square dances.

4. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Granite pots.
(b) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.
(c) Tin pans.
(d) Pottery only.

5. When did the Nearings use bagged commercial fertililzer commonly sold to farmers?
(a) They never touched it.
(b) Once every 5 years to replenish the soil.
(c) Twice a year at planting and harvest.
(d) Once a year in the spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subsoil of the pond area?

2. What size were the Nearing's compost piles?

3. What caused a cellar to be too warm for the Nearings?

4. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?

5. What was the Nearing's sugarhouse stack known for?

(see the answer key)

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