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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?
(a) The Attorney General of the state.
(b) The Representative who represented their valley.
(c) The Postmaster General of the state.
(d) The Governor of the State of Vermont.

2. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?
(a) Plants at waist level.
(b) Plants on the ground level.
(c) Plants on a sloping hill.
(d) Plants below ground level.

3. What, according to the Nearings, do white flour products do to a person's health?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It hurts the liver.
(c) It hurts the heart.
(d) It lowers intestinal health and harms lower nerve centers.

4. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?
(a) Moss-green.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Grey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?

2. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?

3. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?

4. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?

5. What makes the best fertilizer naturally, according to the Nearings?

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