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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 newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Brattleboro Reformer and the Bennington Banner.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The Kansas City Star.

2. What were colonists who moved from England to New England not concerned with?
(a) Conservation.
(b) Animals.
(c) Farming.
(d) Survival.

3. Within 5 weeks, how hot would the compost pile get?
(a) 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?
(a) A detached cellar.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A barn.
(d) A guesthouse.

5. How many blueberry plants did the Nearings plant their first spring in Maine?
(a) 1088.
(b) 5.
(c) 562.
(d) 228.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does healthy soil teem with?

2. How long did it take for a compost pile to be ready to use in the garden?

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

4. What was the one negative item about the pond?

5. Other than the wood on the land, what other sources did the Nearings use for wood?

(see the answer key)

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