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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 newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?
(a) The Brattleboro Reformer and the Bennington Banner.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The Kansas City Star.
2. 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) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.
(c) Juicy only.
(d) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
3. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Sane world.
(b) Insane world.
(c) Utopian society.
(d) Removed area.
4. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.
(a) Functioning homestead.
(b) Working farm.
(c) Useful vegetable garden.
(d) Vacation home.
5. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 30 percent.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the Nearings describe the stone wall when it was finished?
2. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?
3. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?
4. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?
5. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?
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