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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 much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) $150.00.
(b) They traded for it.
(c) $15.00.
(d) $20.00.

2. What caused a cellar to be too warm for the Nearings?
(a) A cellar not built far enough underground.
(b) A source of heat in the cellar.
(c) The heat of the summer.
(d) A wet cellar.

3. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?
(a) The previous owners
(b) The local grocery.
(c) The Lightfoots.
(d) The Nearings had cows.

4. What is Celtus?
(a) A tempature devise.
(b) A plant midway between celery and lettuce.
(c) A red plant with berries.
(d) A basketball team.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hancock County, Maine known for?

2. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?

3. How did the Nearings get most of the clothes they wore?

4. In Maine, what would an average family of 4 or 5 adults and children require to produce a minimum amount of vegetables?

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

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