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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. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(b) By "cash labor" and "free labor."
(c) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."
(d) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."

2. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Pottery only.
(b) Tin pans.
(c) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.
(d) Granite pots.

3. What kind of roof was on the greenhouse?
(a) A 10 degree sloping shingle roof.
(b) A 20 degree sloping tile roof.
(c) A 30 degree sloping plastic roof.
(d) A 10 degree sloping window glass roof.

4. What did the Nearings compare their gardening style to?
(a) The Russian way.
(b) The Iowa way.
(c) The Chinese way.
(d) The Japanese way.

5. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?
(a) The Nearings.
(b) Arthur E. Morgan, Baker Brrownell, and Ralph Borsodi.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) The state.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?

2. As the ski business moved into the valley, what did the neighbors call the area where the Nearings lived in Vermont?

3. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?

4. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?

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

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