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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) Corn.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Raddishes.

2. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) They traded for it.
(b) $15.00.
(c) $20.00.
(d) $150.00.

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

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

5. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Syrup and sugar.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Dairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?

2. What did the Nearings eat for breakfast?

3. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

4. Upon arriving in Vermont, who sold the Nearings milk?

5. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?

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