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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Continuing the Good LIfe, Chapters One through Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Nearings sent samples of their garden soil to be analyzed by the University of Maine, what were the results?
(a) Too rich.
(b) Too much sand.
(c) Too much clay.
(d) Too dry.

2. What is Celtus?
(a) A red plant with berries.
(b) A tempature devise.
(c) A basketball team.
(d) A plant midway between celery and lettuce.

3. What did the Nearings eat from?
(a) Wooden bowls.
(b) Plastic plates.
(c) Plates.
(d) China.

4. How much did the Nearings pay for the hand concrete mixer?
(a) $15.00.
(b) $150.00.
(c) They traded for it.
(d) $20.00.

5. When the Nearings started their first garden in Vermont, what caused a quagmire and nearly ruined the garden?
(a) A spring on the high side of the garden.
(b) A sinkhole the size of a large truck.
(c) Deer that kept eating the apples.
(d) The threat of fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nearings use to cook in?

2. How long could the Nearings harvest their fall garden?

3. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?

4. How did the Nearings harvest Chinese cabbage in the cold weather?

5. How did the Nearings make applesauce?

(see the answer key)

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