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

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 much sand.
(b) Too rich.
(c) Too dry.
(d) Too much clay.

2. How long do rhubarb and asparagus beds last before they must be rotated?
(a) Three months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two growing seasons.
(d) A decade or more.

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

4. Which way should a garden slope to get maximum sun exposure and good drainage?
(a) Tumbling down the west.
(b) To the east for sunrise.
(c) Rolling to the north.
(d) Gently toward the south.

5. The Nearings thought living in Vermont would be justified as an example of sane living in an _____________.
(a) Insane world.
(b) Removed area.
(c) Utopian society.
(d) Sane world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were colonists who moved from England to New England not concerned with?

2. Who did all the hand hewing of the timbers for the new house in Maine?

3. What are cloches?

4. How high did the blueberry plants get?

5. When the Nearings planted their first garden in Maine, what was the first problem they encountered with local animals?

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