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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 describe the stone wall when it was finished?
(a) Like the unveiling of an art work.
(b) Like a picture perfect post card.
(c) Like a beautiful sunset.
(d) Like the green meadow, dotted with wildflowers.

2. What does healthy soil teem with?
(a) Wood.
(b) Food.
(c) Organic life.
(d) A terrible stench.

3. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A garage.
(b) A well.
(c) A campsite.
(d) A visitor's center.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings use to cook in?

2. Why did the Nearings chose Vermont and not Eastern Pennsylvania?

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

4. Where did one enter the Nearing home in Vermont?

5. What kind of furniture did the Nearings use in their new stone home?

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