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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 get stones to build their buildings?
(a) They bought them from a gravel company.
(b) They collected them around their farm.
(c) They cut them from large slates of granite.
(d) They brought them home from their travels abroad.

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

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

4. What size were the Nearing's compost piles?
(a) 10 x 10 feet square.
(b) 8 x 8 feet square.
(c) 5 x 5 feet square and deep.
(d) 10 x 16 feet rectangle.

5. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?
(a) Built in.
(b) Folding.
(c) Stone.
(d) Wooden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?

2. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?

3. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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