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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 many blueberry plants did the Nearings plant their first spring in Maine?
(a) 1088.
(b) 228.
(c) 562.
(d) 5.

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

3. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?
(a) Call the Postmaster General.
(b) Write the Postmaster General and then Senators and Representatives.
(c) Write to the President of the United States.
(d) Gather for a peaceful demonstration.

4. How many people visit the farm in Maine?
(a) 10.
(b) 56.
(c) A few.
(d) Thousands.

5. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?
(a) Keep it inside the house.
(b) Keep it in the garden so it can be found and used.
(c) Keeping it sharp.
(d) Let Helen keep it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Forrest Tyson, who did the electrical work on the house in Maine was a teacher where?

2. What is most impressive about bed gardening?

3. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?

4. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?

5. What was the one thing missing from the experiment in Vermont that young couples would need to take into account with a growing family?

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