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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. As the ski business moved into the valley, what did the neighbors call the area where the Nearings lived in Vermont?
(a) Lost Horizon.
(b) The Wilderness.
(c) The Wild Ones.
(d) Grandmother's house.

2. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?
(a) Wallace Crowninshield.
(b) Floyd Hurd.
(c) Harold Field.
(d) Walter Twing.

3. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?
(a) Venice Waller.
(b) George Near.
(c) Mary Stackhouse.
(d) Opal Grange.

4. How long could the Nearings harvest their fall garden?
(a) For 2 or 3 days.
(b) For 2 to 3 months until night frosts were sufficiently severe.
(c) For about 2 weeks.
(d) Throughout the winter.

5. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?
(a) With chemical sprays.
(b) Heavy mulch and sawdust.
(c) By constant weeding.
(d) With a weed-eater.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Vermont, what mountain did the Nearings live at the foot of?

2. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?

3. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

4. Who did Frederick Van de Water represent during the mail battle?

5. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?

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