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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 did the Nearings eat from?
(a) Wooden bowls.
(b) China.
(c) Plates.
(d) Plastic plates.

2. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?
(a) Minnie Pearl.
(b) Stickley.
(c) Ernest Flagg.
(d) Greene and Greene.

3. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
(a) Put at ladder up in a tree.
(b) Hoe the row and pull them out.
(c) Bend and kneel on the ground.
(d) Stand on a stool or ladder.

4. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?
(a) They fell asleep in the shade of the garden.
(b) They were escaping and never returned.
(c) They stayed later and worked most of the afternoon.
(d) Their productivity was very high.

5. What was the Nearing's sugarhouse stack known for?
(a) It burned hotter than any other stack in the area.
(b) It was the first concrete stack in Vermont.
(c) It was made out of stone.
(d) You could see the flame for miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.

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

3. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?

4. How did the Nearings make applesauce?

5. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?

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