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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 kind of roof was on the greenhouse?
(a) A 10 degree sloping window glass roof.
(b) A 10 degree sloping shingle roof.
(c) A 20 degree sloping tile roof.
(d) A 30 degree sloping plastic roof.

2. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?
(a) In their heads.
(b) In notebooks.
(c) On a computer.
(d) On loose sheets of paper.

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

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

5. At the musical events on Sunday morning, what was to be avoided?
(a) The use of religious music.
(b) Sermons.
(c) Electric music.
(d) Rock and roll music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the disadvantages to pit growing in a greenhouse, according to the Nearings?

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

3. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

4. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?

5. What did the Nearings use as silverware?

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