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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. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?
(a) At waist-high level.
(b) On the level with the house.
(c) Up three steps.
(d) Below sea level.

2. What was Hancock County, Maine known for?
(a) As the "apple orchard" county.
(b) As the "seaside getaway" county
(c) As the "ski resort" county.
(d) As one of Maine's "blueberry counties."

3. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?
(a) Wait until cold days and pick them frozen.
(b) Wait until a sunny day with a southern wind and pick them then.
(c) Wait until rainy days and pick them when wet.
(d) Pick them early and can them to add flavor.

4. How did the Nearings get stones to build their buildings?
(a) They brought them home from their travels abroad.
(b) They bought them from a gravel company.
(c) They collected them around their farm.
(d) They cut them from large slates of granite.

5. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
(a) The absence of health.
(b) Something that causes death.
(c) Illness.
(d) Sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Walter Twing do on Saturdays?

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

3. What, according to the Nearings, made a parsnip tasty?

4. How was the Sunday morning musical events divided?

5. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?

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