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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. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?
(a) They were easy to build with.
(b) They were cheaper to maintain, would not burn and were cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
(c) They were not as pretty as wood, but more solid.
(d) They were like a fortress and kept visitors away.

2. At the Nearing's house, what "rounded out" breakfast?
(a) Cereal with milk.
(b) A handful of cranberries.
(c) Coffee.
(d) A handful of sunflower seeds.

3. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?
(a) They cracked and broke.
(b) They heaved and came out of the ground.
(c) They did not drain the water.
(d) They worked great.

4. How did the Nearlings choke out the weeds around berry plants in Vermont?
(a) With chemical sprays.
(b) Heavy mulch and sawdust.
(c) By constant weeding.
(d) With a weed-eater.

5. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?
(a) Put at ladder up in a tree.
(b) Bend and kneel on the ground.
(c) Stand on a stool or ladder.
(d) Hoe the row and pull them out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NEVER used in the compost pile?

2. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?

3. How much did the Nearings save by building with the stone system they used?

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

5. How old, according to the Nearings, were they when they decided to move to Vermont?

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