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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Four though Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Nearings make applesauce?
(a) They strained the apples through cheesecloth and canned them.
(b) They chopped up the apples and stored them through the winter until it was applesauce time.
(c) The "open kettle" way.
(d) They froze them in the freezer.

2. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?
(a) 10 month.
(b) All his life.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. What did the Nearings use as silverware?
(a) Plastic silverware.
(b) Chopsticks.
(c) Sterling silver silverware.
(d) They fingers.

4. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A well.
(b) A visitor's center.
(c) A garage.
(d) A campsite.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?

2. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

3. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?

4. In Vermont, what did the Nearings NOT use to keep food cold?

5. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?

(see the answer key)

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