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

2. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The ski resorts.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The Jamaica Post Office.

3. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?
(a) The Sandusky farm and the Hodges place.
(b) The Vermont farm.
(c) The Madingly family place.
(d) The Ellonen place and the Hoard place.

4. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A well.
(b) A garage.
(c) A campsite.
(d) A visitor's center.

5. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Syrup and sugar.
(d) Dairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

2. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?

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

4. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

5. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?

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