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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 was NEVER used in the compost pile?
(a) Worms.
(b) Paper.
(c) Wood.
(d) Sawdust.

2. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?
(a) Ernest Flagg.
(b) Minnie Pearl.
(c) Greene and Greene.
(d) Stickley.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?

3. How did the Nearings light their home?

4. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

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

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