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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, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?
(a) The river bed.
(b) The forest floor.
(c) A gravel pit.
(d) The mountain top.

2. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?
(a) The Representative who represented their valley.
(b) The Postmaster General of the state.
(c) The Governor of the State of Vermont.
(d) The Attorney General of the state.

3. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
(a) Stand on a stool or ladder.
(b) Put at ladder up in a tree.
(c) Hoe the row and pull them out.
(d) Bend and kneel on the ground.

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

5. How many years did it take before the Nearings had blueberries to sell?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?

2. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?

3. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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