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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 did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?
(a) "How much will you expect for that job?"
(b) "Can we give you a check?"
(c) "Mastercard or Visa?"
(d) "Will you take a credit card?"

2. What kind of roof was on the greenhouse?
(a) A 10 degree sloping shingle roof.
(b) A 20 degree sloping tile roof.
(c) A 10 degree sloping window glass roof.
(d) A 30 degree sloping plastic roof.

3. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?
(a) They discouraged visitors with a newsletter.
(b) They called and talked to each visitor.
(c) They created a form letter.
(d) They wrote a personal note to each visitor.

4. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?
(a) Zoe and Floyd Hurd.
(b) Walter Twing.
(c) Harold Field.
(d) Nobody. They researched it and learned from books.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?

3. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?

4. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?

5. What became the norm at every newcomer's house in the valley in Vermont after the war?

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