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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. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
(a) They had no schedule.
(b) They ate breakfast in silence.
(c) They went to church in the morning and worked in the afternoon.
(d) They attended praise worship and then had amatuer music shows in the evening.

2. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) A spring on the high side of the garden.
(b) The threat of fire.
(c) Deer that kept eating the apples.
(d) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.

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

4. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?
(a) 3/4ths.
(b) 99 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) Nine-tenths.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?

3. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?

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

5. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?

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