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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.
(b) Pottery only.
(c) Granite pots.
(d) Tin pans.

2. What size were the Nearing's compost piles?
(a) 8 x 8 feet square.
(b) 10 x 10 feet square.
(c) 5 x 5 feet square and deep.
(d) 10 x 16 feet rectangle.

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

4. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?
(a) 2 close friends.
(b) Most of their neighbors.
(c) Only a neighbor man who stayed with them for a long while.
(d) None.

5. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Tea.
(c) Soup and a salad.
(d) Meatloaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?

2. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?

3. What was the one thing missing from the experiment in Vermont that young couples would need to take into account with a growing family?

4. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?

5. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?

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