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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life Continues, Chapters Five through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Raddishes.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Corn.

2. How many years did it take before the Nearings had blueberries to sell?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 9 months.

3. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?
(a) By constant weeding.
(b) With chemical sprays.
(c) With a weed-eater.
(d) Heavy mulch and sawdust.

4. At the musical events on Sunday morning, what was to be avoided?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Electric music.
(c) The use of religious music.
(d) Rock and roll music.

5. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?
(a) They found they were using longer and higher poles and trellises.
(b) They did not like growing tall plants.
(c) The greenhouse did not work for tall plants.
(d) They plants did not have a long growing season.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings use to cook in?

2. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?

3. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

4. Whose ideas of design did the Nearings follow when building their stone homes?

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?

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