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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 does healthy soil teem with?
(a) A terrible stench.
(b) Organic life.
(c) Food.
(d) Wood.

2. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?
(a) Walter Twing.
(b) Nobody. They researched it and learned from books.
(c) Harold Field.
(d) Zoe and Floyd Hurd.

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

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

5. When building the new stone house in Vermont, what did the Nearings include?
(a) A detached cellar.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A barn.
(d) A guesthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much heat does an old-fashioned fireplace allow to go up the chimney?

2. Under optimum conditions, when should wheat be ground if you are baking?

3. How did the Nearings light their home?

4. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?

5. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?

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