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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. How deep was the stone garden wall in Maine?
(a) 24 to 26 inches.
(b) 62 to 98 inches.
(c) 4 to 5 inches.
(d) 30 to 48 inches.

2. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?
(a) George Near.
(b) Opal Grange.
(c) Mary Stackhouse.
(d) Venice Waller.

3. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(b) The state.
(c) The Nearings.
(d) Arthur E. Morgan, Baker Brrownell, and Ralph Borsodi.

4. How long do rhubarb and asparagus beds last before they must be rotated?
(a) A decade or more.
(b) One year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two growing seasons.

5. What was the one negative item about the pond?
(a) The water was always too hot.
(b) Trash.
(c) Moss.
(d) Leaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the ski business moved into the valley, what did the neighbors call the area where the Nearings lived in Vermont?

2. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?

3. How many miles did the Nearings move from Vermont to Maine?

4. How were the Nearings travel expenses paid when they were asked to speak or lecture?

5. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?

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