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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. What does healthy soil teem with?
(a) Organic life.
(b) Food.
(c) A terrible stench.
(d) Wood.

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

3. How many blueberry plants did the Nearings plant their first spring in Maine?
(a) 228.
(b) 5.
(c) 1088.
(d) 562.

4. How long did it take for a compost pile to be ready to use in the garden?
(a) A full year.
(b) A month.
(c) About two months.
(d) 6 month.s

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?
(a) The river bed.
(b) The mountain top.
(c) The forest floor.
(d) A gravel pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?

2. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?

3. In Vermont, what did the Nearings NOT use to keep food cold?

4. How could a competent wood worker determine where a tree would fall?

5. What percentage of the food they ate did the Nearings produce?

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