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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Continuing the Good LIfe, Chapters One through Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?
(a) They didn't want to work with other people.
(b) There were none available or functioning into which they could have happily and effectively fit.
(c) They didn't want to move to the west coast.
(d) They didn't want to move to Europe.

2. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?
(a) They plants did not have a long growing season.
(b) The greenhouse did not work for tall plants.
(c) They found they were using longer and higher poles and trellises.
(d) They did not like growing tall plants.

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

4. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?
(a) Fresh dairy from a neighbor.
(b) The produce in your grocery store.
(c) Cooked caracasses of beasts, birds, and fish.
(d) The farmer's market produce.

5. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?
(a) 68 and 69.
(b) 70.
(c) In their 20s.
(d) Approaching fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?

2. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?

3. What was the relationship between the Nearings and law enforcement?

4. Who could "smell a frost coming?"

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

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