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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. What did Harold Field feel about working with the Nearings to make sugar?
(a) He liked the work, but hated their food.
(b) The work schedule was too rigid.
(c) He worked with them for 15 years.
(d) He thrived in the environment.

2. How did the Nearings divide their "jobs to be done" on their card index of activities?
(a) By "cash labor" and "free labor."
(b) By "building projects" and "garden projects."
(c) By "clear weather jobs" and "rainy day jobs."
(d) By "wood and fuel jobs" and "canning."

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

4. What did M.B. Kains recommend that farmers serve to their guests when they came for Sunday dinner?
(a) Meatloaf.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Fish.
(d) Corned beef and cabbage, beef stew or hash.

5. How was each work day divided up?
(a) 4 hours of work and 4 hours of discussion.
(b) 4 hours of inside work and 4 hours of outside work.
(c) 4 morning hours and 4 afternnoon hours.
(d) 8 hours days with a lunch and two breaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

2. What is a dowsing rod used to find?

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

4. What did the Nearings call the dwarf peas they grew on trellises?

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

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