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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high did the blueberry plants get?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 7 feet.
(c) 1 foot.
(d) 12 feet.

2. Who did all the pointing work on the house in Maine?
(a) Bretton,
(b) Scott.
(c) Helen.
(d) Keith.

3. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?
(a) When visitors came and they had enough to eat.
(b) When they had food all winter long.
(c) When they ate a fresh salad.
(d) When they canned all their food.

4. Which way should a garden slope to get maximum sun exposure and good drainage?
(a) Rolling to the north.
(b) Tumbling down the west.
(c) To the east for sunrise.
(d) Gently toward the south.

5. According to the author, who defined the "small community"?
(a) The Nearings.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) The state.
(d) Arthur E. Morgan, Baker Brrownell, and Ralph Borsodi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?

2. How did the Nearings eat fresh from the garden?

3. How did Bretton Brubaker get from his home in Ohio to the farm in Maine?

4. What were Helen's parents?

5. What was the one thing missing from the experiment in Vermont that young couples would need to take into account with a growing family?

(see the answer key)

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