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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 color did the Nearings paint their roof?
(a) Grey.
(b) Moss-green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

2. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?
(a) On the level with the house.
(b) At waist-high level.
(c) Up three steps.
(d) Below sea level.

3. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
(a) They attended praise worship and then had amatuer music shows in the evening.
(b) They went to church in the morning and worked in the afternoon.
(c) They ate breakfast in silence.
(d) They had no schedule.

4. 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) Juicy only.
(c) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(d) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.

5. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?
(a) The river bed.
(b) The mountain top.
(c) The forest floor.
(d) A gravel pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings eat fresh from the garden?

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

3. How was each work day divided up?

4. What was 7 miles from the farm in Vermont?

5. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?

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