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

2. How long did it take for a compost pile to be ready to use in the garden?
(a) 6 month.s
(b) About two months.
(c) A month.
(d) A full year.

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

4. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?
(a) Above the house on a hillside.
(b) To the north side.
(c) Far away from the house.
(d) To the south or west side.

5. How much did the Nearings use a mowing machine?
(a) For 3 months during the summer.
(b) About 6 or 8 hours a year.
(c) For 2 weeks in the year.
(d) For 2 months out of the year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?

2. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?

3. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

4. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.

5. What did some people think of the Nearings when they visited them in Vermont?

(see the answer key)

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