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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life Continues, Chapters Five through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Sane world.
(b) Utopian society.
(c) Insane world.
(d) Removed area.

3. As the ski business moved into the valley, what did the neighbors call the area where the Nearings lived in Vermont?
(a) The Wilderness.
(b) Lost Horizon.
(c) The Wild Ones.
(d) Grandmother's house.

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

5. What, according to the Nearings, did frogs like?
(a) Deep blue pond water.
(b) Shallow water and mud.
(c) The cool area under the porch.
(d) The ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings think was the downfall of most homesteaders?

2. What was the one thing missing from the experiment in Vermont that young couples would need to take into account with a growing family?

3. What were colonists who moved from England to New England not concerned with?

4. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?

5. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?

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