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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 did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?
(a) The "Waldorf."
(b) The "free inn."
(c) The "uncomfortable bed inn."
(d) The "homeless inn."

2. 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 Wild Ones.
(c) The Wilderness.
(d) Grandmother's house.

3. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Moss-green.
(d) Grey.

4. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?
(a) Corn.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Raddishes.
(d) Carrots.

5. What is "heeling-in?"
(a) The plant is dug up and then replanted with undamaged roots.
(b) To make a mark in the dirt with the heel of your foot for planting.
(c) To train a dog.
(d) To be set in ones ways.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?

4. What are enlarged "cold frames?"

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

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