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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life Continues, Chapters Five through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the relationship between the Nearings and law enforcement?
(a) They were good friends with the sheriff.
(b) They were constantly harrassed by the area police.
(c) They never saw a uniformed policeman pass along the dirt road in front of their house.
(d) Scott was a volunteer policeman.

2. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?
(a) The Lightfoots.
(b) The local grocery.
(c) The previous owners
(d) The Nearings had cows.

3. What did some people think of the Nearings when they visited them in Vermont?
(a) That they were uncordial.
(b) That they would go hungry if they stayed.
(c) That they were sloppy.
(d) That they were too old to be working on a farm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?

2. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?

3. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?

4. How many years did it take before the Nearings had blueberries to sell?

5. What did the Nearings eat for breakfast?

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