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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. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?
(a) They did not drain the water.
(b) They cracked and broke.
(c) They worked great.
(d) They heaved and came out of the ground.

2. Who was the local mailman in the valley in Vermont in 1945?
(a) Wallace Crowninshield.
(b) Walter Twing.
(c) Harold Field.
(d) Floyd Hurd.

3. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?
(a) By burning leaves.
(b) By using soil from the forest only.
(c) By burning areas of the forest.
(d) By composting.

4. How should greenhouses be connected to the existing building?
(a) Far away from the house.
(b) To the north side.
(c) To the south or west side.
(d) Above the house on a hillside.

5. When the Nearings planted their first garden in Maine, what was the first problem they encountered with local animals?
(a) The racoons were eating the seeds.
(b) The birds were eating the seeds.
(c) The deer were eating the seeds.
(d) The kittens were eating the seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political persuasion were most Vermonters?

2. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?

3. When did the Nearings know that they were on the right track with their winter gardening?

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

5. What is Celtus?

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