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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 did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?
(a) He tended his horses.
(b) He collected sap from the trees.
(c) He worked in his garden.
(d) He did not work.

2. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.
(a) Vacation home.
(b) Working farm.
(c) Useful vegetable garden.
(d) Functioning homestead.

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

4. What is Celtus?
(a) A tempature devise.
(b) A basketball team.
(c) A red plant with berries.
(d) A plant midway between celery and lettuce.

5. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) They traded for it.
(b) $20.00.
(c) $150.00.
(d) $15.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high did the blueberry plants get?

2. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

3. How often did the Nearings have a crop failure with blueberries?

4. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?

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

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