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

2. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?
(a) 10 month.
(b) 35 years.
(c) All his life.
(d) 20 years.

3. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?
(a) The greenhouse did not work for tall plants.
(b) They did not like growing tall plants.
(c) They plants did not have a long growing season.
(d) They found they were using longer and higher poles and trellises.

4. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Removed area.
(b) Insane world.
(c) Utopian society.
(d) Sane world.

5. How could a competent wood worker determine where a tree would fall?
(a) By guessing.
(b) By listening to the wood as it is chopped.
(c) By properly notching and sawing the tree.
(d) By pushing it in the right direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owned the land and home the Nearings wanted to settle on in Maine?

2. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.

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

4. How did the Nearings light their home?

5. How much did the Nearings use a mowing machine?

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