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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Continuing the Good LIfe, Chapters One through Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became the norm at every newcomer's house in the valley in Vermont after the war?
(a) Liquored parties.
(b) Sewing circles.
(c) Political discussions.
(d) Piano evenings.

2. When the Nearings sent samples of their garden soil to be analyzed by the University of Maine, what were the results?
(a) Too rich.
(b) Too much clay.
(c) Too dry.
(d) Too much sand.

3. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?
(a) The Madingly family place.
(b) The Vermont farm.
(c) The Sandusky farm and the Hodges place.
(d) The Ellonen place and the Hoard place.

4. What did the boys serving in the war do to help the valley when the mail was canceled?
(a) Stop writing letters.
(b) Write their representatives.
(c) Write lots of letters home.
(d) Call their representatives.

5. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) A spring on the high side of the garden.
(b) The threat of fire.
(c) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.
(d) Deer that kept eating the apples.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?

2. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?

3. What did the Nearings use to cook in?

4. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?

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