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

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

3. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?
(a) "How much will you expect for that job?"
(b) "Will you take a credit card?"
(c) "Can we give you a check?"
(d) "Mastercard or Visa?"

4. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."
(b) By "cash labor" and "free labor."
(c) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(d) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

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

3. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

4. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?

5. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?

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