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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. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?
(a) Approaching fifty.
(b) 70.
(c) 68 and 69.
(d) In their 20s.

2. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?
(a) Louis Sullivan.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) Frank Ghery.

3. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
(a) Earth worms and worm capsules.
(b) Ants.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Bees.

4. How could a competent wood worker determine where a tree would fall?
(a) By properly notching and sawing the tree.
(b) By listening to the wood as it is chopped.
(c) By guessing.
(d) By pushing it in the right direction.

5. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?
(a) By constant weeding.
(b) With chemical sprays.
(c) With a weed-eater.
(d) Heavy mulch and sawdust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Nearings want a pond?

2. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.

3. What did the Nearings use to cook in?

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

5. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?

(see the answer key)

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