View a FREE sample

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 did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
(a) A 26 foot split boulder.
(b) A cliff overlooking the water.
(c) A rock ledge over a waterfall.
(d) A level meadow.

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

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

4. Who could "smell a frost coming?"
(a) Jack Lightfoot.
(b) Floyd Hurd.
(c) Helen.
(d) Scott.

5. What did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?
(a) The "Waldorf."
(b) The "free inn."
(c) The "uncomfortable bed inn."
(d) The "homeless inn."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?

2. What was the one thing missing from the experiment in Vermont that young couples would need to take into account with a growing family?

3. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

4. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?

5. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 303 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample