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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Continuing the Good LIfe, Chapters Eleven through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the Nearings complete the stone outhouse in Maine?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1944.

2. How much of the Maine farm was a woodlot?
(a) One-fifth.
(b) Only a few square feet.
(c) About 85 percent.
(d) About four-fifths.

3. How many miles did the Nearings move from Vermont to Maine?
(a) 800.
(b) 600.
(c) 350.
(d) 450.

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

5. What did the Nearings build their greenhouses out of?
(a) Cement and plastic.
(b) Glass and plastic.
(c) Wood.
(d) Stone and cement and glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are enlarged "cold frames?"

2. What did most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?

3. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?

4. What are some visitors looking for to buy or have given to them?

5. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?

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