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

2. How was each work day divided up?
(a) 4 hours of inside work and 4 hours of outside work.
(b) 4 hours of work and 4 hours of discussion.
(c) 4 morning hours and 4 afternnoon hours.
(d) 8 hours days with a lunch and two breaks.

3. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?
(a) With metal sheets.
(b) With bricks.
(c) With movable forms.
(d) With styrofoam.

4. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?
(a) They stayed later and worked most of the afternoon.
(b) They fell asleep in the shade of the garden.
(c) They were escaping and never returned.
(d) Their productivity was very high.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings use as silverware?

2. What size were the Nearing's compost piles?

3. What two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?

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

5. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

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