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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 did the Nearings eat from?
(a) Plates.
(b) Plastic plates.
(c) Wooden bowls.
(d) China.

2. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?
(a) They ran the water to the garden.
(b) They concreted the sides and ran a pipe up to the kitchen sink.
(c) They ran the water to the outhouse.
(d) They plugged it up.

3. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?
(a) The land costs were more reasonable.
(b) They hated the barns in Pennsylvania.
(c) They wanted a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
(d) Pennsylvania was too crowded.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

3. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

4. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?

5. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?

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