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

2. What became the norm at every newcomer's house in the valley in Vermont after the war?
(a) Political discussions.
(b) Sewing circles.
(c) Liquored parties.
(d) Piano evenings.

3. What level was the kitchen garden in Vermont?
(a) Up three steps.
(b) Below sea level.
(c) At waist-high level.
(d) On the level with the house.

4. How did the Nearings decide to "warn" people before they arrived about life on their farm?
(a) They discouraged visitors with a newsletter.
(b) They wrote a personal note to each visitor.
(c) They created a form letter.
(d) They called and talked to each visitor.

5. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?
(a) In their heads.
(b) On a computer.
(c) In notebooks.
(d) On loose sheets of paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.

2. What, according to the Nearings, did frogs like?

3. What caused a cellar to be too warm for the Nearings?

4. After living in the mountains, where did the Nearings want to live in their new home?

5. What did the Nearings store potatoes, carrots, beets turnips, celery root and apples?

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