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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters One through Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 3/4ths.
(c) 99 percent.
(d) Nine-tenths.

2. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?
(a) They fell asleep in the shade of the garden.
(b) Their productivity was very high.
(c) They stayed later and worked most of the afternoon.
(d) They were escaping and never returned.

3. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?
(a) Like a beautiful sunset.
(b) Like the green meadow, dotted with wildflowers.
(c) Like the unveiling of an art work.
(d) Like a picture perfect post card.

4. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?
(a) With styrofoam.
(b) With metal sheets.
(c) With movable forms.
(d) With bricks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

2. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

3. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?

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

5. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?

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