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

2. What did the boys serving in the war do to help the valley when the mail was canceled?
(a) Call their representatives.
(b) Stop writing letters.
(c) Write lots of letters home.
(d) Write their representatives.

3. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?
(a) In the greenhouse.
(b) In generous layers of leaves in the cellar.
(c) In the refrigerator.
(d) In the garden, covered.

4. How did the Nearings ask workers how much they wanted for a job on the farm?
(a) "How much will you expect for that job?"
(b) "Mastercard or Visa?"
(c) "Can we give you a check?"
(d) "Will you take a credit card?"

5. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?
(a) The absence of health.
(b) Something that causes death.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.

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

3. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?

4. What was the Nearing's sugarhouse stack known for?

5. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?

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