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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. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) $20.00.
(b) They traded for it.
(c) $150.00.
(d) $15.00.

2. Under optimum conditions, when should wheat be ground if you are baking?
(a) 1 month before you bake.
(b) 1 week before you bake.
(c) 3 days before you bake.
(d) Right before you bake.

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

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

5. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?
(a) 1/2 of the cost.
(b) 3/4 of the cost.
(c) 1/3 of the cost.
(d) 99 percent of the cost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days was frost possible on the Vermont homestead?

2. What did the Nearings build their greenhouses out of?

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

4. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?

5. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?

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