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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 most friends of the Nearings dub their guesthouses?
(a) The "Waldorf."
(b) The "free inn."
(c) The "uncomfortable bed inn."
(d) The "homeless inn."

2. What was inserted into the compost pile to help break down matter?
(a) Ants.
(b) Earth worms and worm capsules.
(c) Bees.
(d) Snakes.

3. 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) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(c) Juicy only.
(d) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.

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

5. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?
(a) They didn't want to work with other people.
(b) There were none available or functioning into which they could have happily and effectively fit.
(c) They didn't want to move to the west coast.
(d) They didn't want to move to Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What direction do the rows in a garden need to be planted to assure maximum sun to the roots?

2. How did the Nearings light their home?

3. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?

4. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?

5. What happened to the fords that the Nearings built when they first moved to Vermont?

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