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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. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?
(a) Like a picture perfect post card.
(b) Like the unveiling of an art work.
(c) Like a beautiful sunset.
(d) Like the green meadow, dotted with wildflowers.

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) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.
(d) Deer that kept eating the apples.

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

4. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?
(a) They didn't want to work with other people.
(b) They didn't want to move to Europe.
(c) There were none available or functioning into which they could have happily and effectively fit.
(d) They didn't want to move to the west coast.

5. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?
(a) Through the door in the kitchen.
(b) Through the cellar.
(c) Through a double front door.
(d) Through a side door from the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?

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

3. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?

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

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

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