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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Continuing the Good LIfe, Chapters One through Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?
(a) The Jamaica Post Office.
(b) The ski resorts.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The grocery store.

2. In Vermont, what mountain did the Nearings live at the foot of?
(a) Highlands Mountain.
(b) Stratton Mountain.
(c) Ski Resort Mountain.
(d) Helen's Mountain.

3. What became a big problem for the town when discussing social events that nearly ripped the town apart?
(a) Openly carrying firearms.
(b) The type of music at the dances.
(c) Who was welcome at the dances.
(d) The use of liquor.

4. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Fish.
(c) Meatloaf.
(d) Corned beef and cabbage, beef stew or hash.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings light their home?

2. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?

3. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?

4. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?

5. What direction do the rows in a garden need to be planted to assure maximum sun to the roots?

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