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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. Who could "smell a frost coming?"
(a) Jack Lightfoot.
(b) Scott.
(c) Helen.
(d) Floyd Hurd.

2. What did the Nearings find about growing pole beans and sweet peas?
(a) They plants did not have a long growing season.
(b) The greenhouse did not work for tall plants.
(c) They did not like growing tall plants.
(d) They found they were using longer and higher poles and trellises.

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

4. What, according to the Nearings, is important about keeping an axe?
(a) Keeping it sharp.
(b) Keep it inside the house.
(c) Keep it in the garden so it can be found and used.
(d) Let Helen keep it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?

2. What percentage of the food they ate did the Nearings produce?

3. What did the Nearings later attach to their first stone building?

4. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?

5. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

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