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

2. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Illness.
(c) The absence of health.
(d) Something that causes death.

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

4. How did the Nearings eat fresh from the garden?
(a) By picking produce early and letting it ripen off the vine.
(b) By freezing food.
(c) By eating with the seasons.
(d) By canning early in the season.

5. At the Nearing's house, what "rounded out" breakfast?
(a) A handful of sunflower seeds.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Cereal with milk.
(d) A handful of cranberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?

2. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

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

4. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?

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

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