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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 is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
(a) Something that causes death.
(b) Sickness.
(c) The absence of health.
(d) Illness.

2. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?
(a) At waist-high level.
(b) Below sea level.
(c) On the level with the house.
(d) Up three steps.

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

4. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) $150.00.
(b) They traded for it.
(c) $20.00.
(d) $15.00.

5. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
(a) They attended praise worship and then had amatuer music shows in the evening.
(b) They had no schedule.
(c) They ate breakfast in silence.
(d) They went to church in the morning and worked in the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?

3. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?

4. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?

5. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?

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