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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters One through Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?
(a) They were easy to build with.
(b) They were cheaper to maintain, would not burn and were cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
(c) They were like a fortress and kept visitors away.
(d) They were not as pretty as wood, but more solid.

2. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?
(a) With bricks.
(b) With styrofoam.
(c) With metal sheets.
(d) With movable forms.

3. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?
(a) Stone.
(b) Folding.
(c) Built in.
(d) Wooden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?

3. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?

4. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

5. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?

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