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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. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?
(a) Zoe and Floyd Hurd.
(b) Harold Field.
(c) Walter Twing.
(d) Nobody. They researched it and learned from books.

2. What kind of apple did the one apple tree grow that was near the blueberry plantation?
(a) A bushel apple.
(b) A Greening-type apple.
(c) A Red Delicious apple.
(d) A candy green apple.

3. What invaded the cellar one winter and ate all the food stored there while the Nearings were away?
(a) A deer.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) Probably a rat or a squirrel.
(d) A litter of kittens.

4. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?
(a) The Postmaster General of the state.
(b) The Attorney General of the state.
(c) The Governor of the State of Vermont.
(d) The Representative who represented their valley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take before the Nearings had blueberries to sell?

2. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?

3. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

4. What were colonists who moved from England to New England not concerned with?

5. What became a big problem for the town when discussing social events that nearly ripped the town apart?

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