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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 kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Tar.
(b) Low-lying and metal.
(c) Tile.
(d) Shingle.

2. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A campsite.
(b) A visitor's center.
(c) A garage.
(d) A well.

3. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?
(a) Through a side door from the garage.
(b) Through the cellar.
(c) Through a double front door.
(d) Through the door in the kitchen.

4. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?
(a) Keep it in the garden so it can be found and used.
(b) Keep it inside the house.
(c) Keeping it sharp.
(d) Let Helen keep it.

5. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
(a) A level meadow.
(b) A rock ledge over a waterfall.
(c) A 26 foot split boulder.
(d) A cliff overlooking the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the disadvantages to pit growing in a greenhouse, according to the Nearings?

2. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?

3. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?

4. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?

5. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

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