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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. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?
(a) Driftwood that would come in with the tides.
(b) Ship wood.
(c) The old barn.
(d) The Neighbors forest.

2. What percentage of the food they ate did the Nearings produce?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

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

4. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?
(a) They cracked and broke.
(b) They worked great.
(c) They did not drain the water.
(d) They heaved and came out of the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings get most of the clothes they wore?

2. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?

3. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

4. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?

5. What were colonists who moved from England to New England not concerned with?

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