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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) A terrible stench.
(b) Organic life.
(c) Food.
(d) Wood.

2. How many years did it take before the Nearings had blueberries to sell?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 7 years.

3. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?
(a) They ran the water to the garden.
(b) They ran the water to the outhouse.
(c) They concreted the sides and ran a pipe up to the kitchen sink.
(d) They plugged it up.

4. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(b) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."
(c) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."
(d) By "cash labor" and "free labor."

5. What makes the best fertilizer naturally, according to the Nearings?
(a) Hay.
(b) The forest.
(c) The outhouse.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?

2. After living in the mountains, where did the Nearings want to live in their new home?

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

4. What was the subsoil of the pond area?

5. What was Hancock County, Maine known for?

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