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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 the Nearings use as silverware?
(a) Plastic silverware.
(b) They fingers.
(c) Sterling silver silverware.
(d) Chopsticks.

2. Who could "smell a frost coming?"
(a) Helen.
(b) Scott.
(c) Floyd Hurd.
(d) Jack Lightfoot.

3. What are enlarged "cold frames?"
(a) Wood sheds.
(b) Freezers,
(c) Cellars.
(d) Greenhouses.

4. What did the Nearings use to excavate the pond bed with?
(a) Post-hole diggers.
(b) Chainsaws.
(c) Contractors' wheelbarrows with 16-inch wheels.
(d) A backhoe.

5. What size were the Nearing's compost piles?
(a) 5 x 5 feet square and deep.
(b) 10 x 16 feet rectangle.
(c) 10 x 10 feet square.
(d) 8 x 8 feet square.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?

3. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?

4. What did the Nearings think was the downfall of most homesteaders?

5. What was the relationship between the Nearings and law enforcement?

(see the answer key)

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