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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 purpose do the stones serve in the greenhouse?
(a) They are cool in the summer.
(b) They act as radiators.
(c) They are pretty to look at.
(d) They are solid and will not fall.

2. What, according to the Nearings, do white flour products do to a person's health?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It hurts the heart.
(c) It hurts the liver.
(d) It lowers intestinal health and harms lower nerve centers.

3. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "cash labor" and "free labor."
(b) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."
(c) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(d) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."

4. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Meatloaf.
(c) Soup and a salad.
(d) Tea.

5. What percentage of the food they ate did the Nearings produce?
(a) 85 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the Nearings eat from?

4. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?

5. What kind of events were held on Saturday nights in the small Vermont town?

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