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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 direction do the rows in a garden need to be planted to assure maximum sun to the roots?
(a) Not in rows, but in pods.
(b) East and West.
(c) At right angles.
(d) North and South.

2. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Granite pots.
(b) Tin pans.
(c) Pottery only.
(d) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.

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

4. What does healthy soil teem with?
(a) Food.
(b) Organic life.
(c) A terrible stench.
(d) Wood.

5. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Tile.
(b) Shingle.
(c) Tar.
(d) Low-lying and metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Nearings sent samples of their garden soil to be analyzed by the University of Maine, what were the results?

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

3. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?

4. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?

5. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?

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