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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. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?
(a) They hated the barns in Pennsylvania.
(b) Pennsylvania was too crowded.
(c) They wanted a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
(d) The land costs were more reasonable.

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

3. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?
(a) By using soil from the forest only.
(b) By composting.
(c) By burning areas of the forest.
(d) By burning leaves.

4. In Vermont, what did the Nearings NOT use to keep food cold?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Canned goods stored in an underground cellar.
(c) Storage bins covered with leaves.
(d) An icebox, refrigerator, or freezing unit.

5. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?
(a) The Madingly family place.
(b) The Ellonen place and the Hoard place.
(c) The Vermont farm.
(d) The Sandusky farm and the Hodges place.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?

3. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

4. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

5. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?

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