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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. What was Hancock County, Maine known for?
(a) As one of Maine's "blueberry counties."
(b) As the "seaside getaway" county
(c) As the "apple orchard" county.
(d) As the "ski resort" county.

2. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?
(a) Meatloaf.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Tea.
(d) Soup and a salad.

3. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?
(a) By burning areas of the forest.
(b) By burning leaves.
(c) By composting.
(d) By using soil from the forest only.

4. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?
(a) The Ellonen place and the Hoard place.
(b) The Madingly family place.
(c) The Vermont farm.
(d) The Sandusky farm and the Hodges place.

5. How could a competent wood worker determine where a tree would fall?
(a) By pushing it in the right direction.
(b) By listening to the wood as it is chopped.
(c) By properly notching and sawing the tree.
(d) By guessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, made a parsnip tasty?

2. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?

3. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?

4. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?

5. What was the Nearing's sugarhouse stack known for?

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