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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?
(a) He collected sap from the trees.
(b) He tended his horses.
(c) He worked in his garden.
(d) He did not work.

3. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?
(a) Write the Postmaster General and then Senators and Representatives.
(b) Write to the President of the United States.
(c) Call the Postmaster General.
(d) Gather for a peaceful demonstration.

4. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?
(a) They hated the barns in Pennsylvania.
(b) They wanted a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
(c) Pennsylvania was too crowded.
(d) The land costs were more reasonable.

5. What direction do the rows in a garden need to be planted to assure maximum sun to the roots?
(a) Not in rows, but in pods.
(b) East and West.
(c) North and South.
(d) At right angles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings use to cook in?

2. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?

3. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?

4. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?

5. What did the Nearings eat from?

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