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

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

3. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?
(a) Plants on a sloping hill.
(b) Plants on the ground level.
(c) Plants below ground level.
(d) Plants at waist level.

4. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?
(a) "How much will you expect for that job?"
(b) "Mastercard or Visa?"
(c) "Will you take a credit card?"
(d) "Can we give you a check?"

5. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) Deer that kept eating the apples.
(b) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.
(c) A spring on the high side of the garden.
(d) The threat of fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?

2. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?

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

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

5. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?

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