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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Four though Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A campsite.
(b) A well.
(c) A visitor's center.
(d) A garage.

2. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?
(a) Syrup and sugar.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Vegetables.

3. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Raddishes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The Jamaica Post Office.
(c) The ski resorts.
(d) The movie theater.

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?
(a) Fresh dairy from a neighbor.
(b) The produce in your grocery store.
(c) Cooked caracasses of beasts, birds, and fish.
(d) The farmer's market produce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?

2. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?

3. What, according to the Nearings, do white flour products do to a person's health?

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

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

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