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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 was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?
(a) Tea.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Soup and a salad.
(d) Meatloaf.

2. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?
(a) They heaved and came out of the ground.
(b) They worked great.
(c) They cracked and broke.
(d) They did not drain the water.

3. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?
(a) To the south or west side.
(b) Far away from the house.
(c) To the north side.
(d) Above the house on a hillside.

4. How many hills of corn did the Nearings usually plant?
(a) 50 to 60 hills.
(b) 1 to 4 hills.
(c) 5 to 10 hills.
(d) 80 to 100 hills.

5. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?
(a) They hated the barns in Pennsylvania.
(b) They wanted a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
(c) The land costs were more reasonable.
(d) Pennsylvania was too crowded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the best fertilizer naturally, according to the Nearings?

2. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?

3. What did the Nearings think was the downfall of most homesteaders?

4. In Vermont, what did the Nearings NOT use to keep food cold?

5. What caused a cellar to be too warm for the Nearings?

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