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

2. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?
(a) 3/4 of the cost.
(b) 1/3 of the cost.
(c) 1/2 of the cost.
(d) 99 percent of the cost.

3. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?
(a) Frank Ghery.
(b) Louis Sullivan.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?

2. How was each work day divided up?

3. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?

4. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

5. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?

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