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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 long could the Nearings harvest their fall garden?
(a) Throughout the winter.
(b) For 2 or 3 days.
(c) For about 2 weeks.
(d) For 2 to 3 months until night frosts were sufficiently severe.

2. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) The ski resorts.
(d) The Jamaica Post Office.

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

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

5. What, according to the Nearings, made a parsnip tasty?
(a) Syrup.
(b) Freezing would convert their starch into sugar.
(c) Honey.
(d) A little sea salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What invaded the cellar one winter and ate all the food stored there while the Nearings were away?

2. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?

3. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?

4. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?

5. What did the Nearings use as silverware?

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