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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 did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?
(a) The "Waldorf."
(b) The "free inn."
(c) The "uncomfortable bed inn."
(d) The "homeless inn."

2. What angered Scott about some visitors that came in one morning just before the Nearings decided to move to Maine?
(a) They interrupted Scott in his study.
(b) They stayed and did no work and complained about the food.
(c) They tried to buy the land from the Nearings.
(d) They were children of miners.

3. What kind of roof was on the greenhouse?
(a) A 30 degree sloping plastic roof.
(b) A 20 degree sloping tile roof.
(c) A 10 degree sloping shingle roof.
(d) A 10 degree sloping window glass roof.

4. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Shingle.
(b) Tile.
(c) Tar.
(d) Low-lying and metal.

5. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?
(a) He did not work.
(b) He tended his horses.
(c) He collected sap from the trees.
(d) He worked in his garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was each work day divided up?

2. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?

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

4. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?

5. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?

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