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

2. Under optimum conditions, when should wheat be ground if you are baking?
(a) Right before you bake.
(b) 1 month before you bake.
(c) 1 week before you bake.
(d) 3 days before you bake.

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

4. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?
(a) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.
(b) Juicy only.
(c) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(d) 1/2 yellow and the rest juicy.

5. Who could "smell a frost coming?"
(a) Helen.
(b) Floyd Hurd.
(c) Scott.
(d) Jack Lightfoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?

2. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

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

4. What direction do the rows in a garden need to be planted to assure maximum sun to the roots?

5. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?

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