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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. When the Nearings talked about being vegetarians, which neighbors changed their habits and also became vegetarians?
(a) Only a neighbor man who stayed with them for a long while.
(b) Most of their neighbors.
(c) None.
(d) 2 close friends.
2. How, according to the Nearings, can you build whole, living, balanced soil?
(a) By using soil from the forest only.
(b) By burning areas of the forest.
(c) By burning leaves.
(d) By composting.
3. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Shingle.
(b) Low-lying and metal.
(c) Tile.
(d) Tar.
4. How did the Nearings plant their greenhouse?
(a) Plants below ground level.
(b) Plants on a sloping hill.
(c) Plants on the ground level.
(d) Plants at waist level.
5. What does healthy soil teem with?
(a) Food.
(b) A terrible stench.
(c) Organic life.
(d) Wood.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?
2. Who attended the party when the mail route was restored in Vermont?
3. What did the Nearings compare their gardening style to?
4. Who taught the Nearings to make maple syrup?
5. What newspapers got on board to help the citizens of the valley then the mail was canceled?
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