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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. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?
(a) Let Helen keep it.
(b) Keep it inside the house.
(c) Keep it in the garden so it can be found and used.
(d) Keeping it sharp.

2. How was each work day divided up?
(a) 4 hours of work and 4 hours of discussion.
(b) 4 morning hours and 4 afternnoon hours.
(c) 4 hours of inside work and 4 hours of outside work.
(d) 8 hours days with a lunch and two breaks.

3. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
(a) Earth worms and worm capsules.
(b) Ants.
(c) Bees.
(d) Snakes.

4. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) Deer that kept eating the apples.
(b) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.
(c) The threat of fire.
(d) A spring on the high side of the garden.

5. At the Nearing's house, what "rounded out" breakfast?
(a) A handful of cranberries.
(b) Cereal with milk.
(c) A handful of sunflower seeds.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What size were the Nearing's compost piles?

2. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?

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

4. How did the Nearings light their home?

5. Who could "smell a frost coming?"

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