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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 kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?
(a) Movies.
(b) Swap meets.
(c) Square dances.
(d) Bar dances.

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

3. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?
(a) In generous layers of leaves in the cellar.
(b) In the garden, covered.
(c) In the greenhouse.
(d) In the refrigerator.

4. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A campsite.
(b) A garage.
(c) A visitor's center.
(d) A well.

5. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?
(a) To the south or west side.
(b) Above the house on a hillside.
(c) To the north side.
(d) Far away from the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?

2. At the Nearing's house, what "rounded out" breakfast?

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

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

5. What did the Nearings compare their gardening style to?

(see the answer key)

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