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

2. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?
(a) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(b) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.
(c) Juicy only.
(d) 1/2 yellow and the rest juicy.

3. What are enlarged "cold frames?"
(a) Wood sheds.
(b) Greenhouses.
(c) Freezers,
(d) Cellars.

4. What did the Nearings build in the corner of the walled-in vegetable garden?
(a) A barn.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A greenhouse.
(d) A rabbit hutch.

5. How many miles did the Nearings move from Vermont to Maine?
(a) 450.
(b) 600.
(c) 800.
(d) 350.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

2. Who could "smell a frost coming?"

3. What did the Nearings compare their gardening style to?

4. As the ski business moved into the valley, what did the neighbors call the area where the Nearings lived in Vermont?

5. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?

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