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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life Continues, Chapters Five through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?
(a) A campsite.
(b) A garage.
(c) A visitor's center.
(d) A well.

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

3. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?
(a) Oils.
(b) Fresh fruits and vegetables.
(c) Candy, pastries, meats, soft drinks, alcohol, tea, coffee, or tobacco.
(d) Avacados.

4. During the cancellation of the mail route in 1945 in Vermont, what were the citizens asked to do?
(a) Write the Postmaster General and then Senators and Representatives.
(b) Write to the President of the United States.
(c) Call the Postmaster General.
(d) Gather for a peaceful demonstration.

5. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?
(a) By composting.
(b) By using soil from the forest only.
(c) By burning areas of the forest.
(d) By burning leaves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are cloches?

3. How much did the Nearings use a mowing machine?

4. What did the Nearings sell as a cash crop in Vermont?

5. How did the Nearings hold the concrete and stones in place to form the wall?

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