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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. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?
(a) The state.
(b) Arthur E. Morgan, Baker Brrownell, and Ralph Borsodi.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) The Nearings.

2. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?
(a) Swap meets.
(b) Square dances.
(c) Bar dances.
(d) Movies.

3. How was the Sunday morning musical events divided?
(a) Into amateur and professional music.
(b) Into classical and pop music.
(c) Into instrumental and vocal music.
(d) Into religious and non-religious music.

4. How much of the Maine farm was a woodlot?
(a) About four-fifths.
(b) Only a few square feet.
(c) About 85 percent.
(d) One-fifth.

5. When the Nearings planted their first garden in Maine, what was the first problem they encountered with local animals?
(a) The kittens were eating the seeds.
(b) The racoons were eating the seeds.
(c) The deer were eating the seeds.
(d) The birds were eating the seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?

2. How much did the Nearings use a mowing machine?

3. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?

4. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?

5. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?

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