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

2. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?
(a) A chicken coop.
(b) A barn.
(c) A guesthouse.
(d) A detached cellar.

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

4. Why did the Nearings want a pond?
(a) For bathing.
(b) For fresh water.
(c) For swimming and ice skating and as a source of irrigation for the garden.
(d) For fishing.

5. What was the Nearing's sugarhouse stack known for?
(a) It was the first concrete stack in Vermont.
(b) It was made out of stone.
(c) It burned hotter than any other stack in the area.
(d) You could see the flame for miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What invaded the cellar one winter and ate all the food stored there while the Nearings were away?

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

3. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?

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

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

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