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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 purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?
(a) They act as radiators.
(b) They are solid and will not fall.
(c) They are pretty to look at.
(d) They are cool in the summer.

2. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.
(a) Functioning homestead.
(b) Vacation home.
(c) Working farm.
(d) Useful vegetable garden.

3. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?
(a) They were not as pretty as wood, but more solid.
(b) They were easy to build with.
(c) They were cheaper to maintain, would not burn and were cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
(d) They were like a fortress and kept visitors away.

4. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?
(a) Nobody. They researched it and learned from books.
(b) Walter Twing.
(c) Harold Field.
(d) Zoe and Floyd Hurd.

5. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?
(a) Like a picture perfect post card.
(b) Like a beautiful sunset.
(c) Like the green meadow, dotted with wildflowers.
(d) Like the unveiling of an art work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?

3. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?

4. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?

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