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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. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?
(a) Driftwood that would come in with the tides.
(b) The Neighbors forest.
(c) Ship wood.
(d) The old barn.

2. What did the boys serving in the war do to help the valley when the mail was canceled?
(a) Write lots of letters home.
(b) Stop writing letters.
(c) Write their representatives.
(d) Call their representatives.

3. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?
(a) None.
(b) 2 close friends.
(c) Most of their neighbors.
(d) Only a neighbor man who stayed with them for a long while.

4. How often did the Nearings have a crop failure with blueberries?
(a) Twice.
(b) Four times.
(c) Never.
(d) Every other year.

5. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
(a) A level meadow.
(b) A cliff overlooking the water.
(c) A 26 foot split boulder.
(d) A rock ledge over a waterfall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Nearings use to excavate the pond bed with?

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

4. How high did the blueberry plants get?

5. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?

(see the answer key)

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