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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. In Vermont, what mountain did the Nearings live at the foot of?
(a) Ski Resort Mountain.
(b) Highlands Mountain.
(c) Stratton Mountain.
(d) Helen's Mountain.

2. How did the Nearings light their home?
(a) With kerosene and candles.
(b) Gas.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Candles.

3. What is a dowsing rod used to find?
(a) Trees.
(b) Food.
(c) Fish.
(d) Water.

4. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?
(a) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(b) 1/2 yellow and the rest juicy.
(c) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.
(d) Juicy only.

5. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?
(a) Pennsylvania was too crowded.
(b) They wanted a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
(c) They hated the barns in Pennsylvania.
(d) The land costs were more reasonable.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?

2. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?

3. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?

4. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?

5. How was each work day divided up?

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