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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. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?
(a) Almost 40.
(b) Over 50.
(c) Nearly 80.
(d) About 10.

2. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?
(a) The Postmaster General of the state.
(b) The Attorney General of the state.
(c) The Governor of the State of Vermont.
(d) The Representative who represented their valley.

3. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?
(a) All his life.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 10 month.
(d) 20 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, do white flour products do to a person's health?

2. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?

3. What did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?

4. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?

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

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