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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. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?
(a) Juicy only.
(b) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(c) 1/2 yellow and the rest juicy.
(d) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.

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

3. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?
(a) The mountain top.
(b) A gravel pit.
(c) The river bed.
(d) The forest floor.

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

5. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
(a) Earth worms and worm capsules.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Bees.
(d) Ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people could the Nearing's Vermont stone home hold for a meeting?

2. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

3. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?

4. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?

5. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?

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