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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?
(a) Raddishes.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Corn.

2. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?
(a) Avacados.
(b) Oils.
(c) Candy, pastries, meats, soft drinks, alcohol, tea, coffee, or tobacco.
(d) Fresh fruits and vegetables.

3. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?
(a) A chicken coop.
(b) A barn.
(c) A guesthouse.
(d) A detached cellar.

4. How did the Nearings get stones to build their buildings?
(a) They cut them from large slates of granite.
(b) They bought them from a gravel company.
(c) They collected them around their farm.
(d) They brought them home from their travels abroad.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the musical events on Sunday morning, what was to be avoided?

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

4. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

5. What did the Nearings use as silverware?

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