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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. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?
(a) The local grocery.
(b) The Nearings had cows.
(c) The Lightfoots.
(d) The previous owners

2. What did the Nearings use as silverware?
(a) Plastic silverware.
(b) Sterling silver silverware.
(c) Chopsticks.
(d) They fingers.

3. How was the Sunday morning musical events divided?
(a) Into amateur and professional music.
(b) Into classical and pop music.
(c) Into instrumental and vocal music.
(d) Into religious and non-religious music.

4. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
(a) Earth worms and worm capsules.
(b) Ants.
(c) Bees.
(d) Snakes.

5. What was the relationship between the Nearings and law enforcement?
(a) Scott was a volunteer policeman.
(b) They never saw a uniformed policeman pass along the dirt road in front of their house.
(c) They were constantly harrassed by the area police.
(d) They were good friends with the sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under optimum conditions, when should wheat be ground if you are baking?

2. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?

3. How far apart were the Nearing's compost piles?

4. What, according to the Nearings, did frogs like?

5. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?

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