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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. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?
(a) Nearly 80.
(b) Over 50.
(c) Almost 40.
(d) About 10.

2. What did the Nearings eat from?
(a) Plates.
(b) Wooden bowls.
(c) China.
(d) Plastic plates.

3. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Insane world.
(b) Removed area.
(c) Utopian society.
(d) Sane world.

4. How much of the Maine farm was a woodlot?
(a) About 85 percent.
(b) About four-fifths.
(c) One-fifth.
(d) Only a few square feet.

5. In Maine, what would an average family of 4 or 5 adults and children require to produce a minimum amount of vegetables?
(a) A half-acre.
(b) A quarter-acre.
(c) An acre.
(d) 70 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?

2. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?

3. At the Nearing's house, what "rounded out" breakfast?

4. How did the Nearings eat fresh from the garden?

5. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?

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