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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 much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?
(a) 99 percent of the cost.
(b) 3/4 of the cost.
(c) 1/2 of the cost.
(d) 1/3 of the cost.

2. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?
(a) Approaching fifty.
(b) 68 and 69.
(c) 70.
(d) In their 20s.

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

4. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) The threat of fire.
(b) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.
(c) A spring on the high side of the garden.
(d) Deer that kept eating the apples.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?

2. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?

3. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?

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

5. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?

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