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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. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 30 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

2. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.
(b) Pottery only.
(c) Tin pans.
(d) Granite pots.

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

4. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?
(a) 35 years.
(b) All his life.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 month.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under optimum conditions, when should wheat be ground if you are baking?

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

3. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?

4. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?

5. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

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