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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Four though Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the Nearings, is the most extensive and most successful experiment in mulching?
(a) The forest floor.
(b) The river bed.
(c) The mountain top.
(d) A gravel pit.

2. Why did the Nearings NOT join a communal experience?
(a) They didn't want to move to Europe.
(b) They didn't want to move to the west coast.
(c) There were none available or functioning into which they could have happily and effectively fit.
(d) They didn't want to work with other people.

3. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?
(a) They were not as pretty as wood, but more solid.
(b) They were easy to build with.
(c) They were like a fortress and kept visitors away.
(d) They were cheaper to maintain, would not burn and were cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

4. The Nearings claimed that they were planning not a business, but a __________.
(a) Useful vegetable garden.
(b) Functioning homestead.
(c) Working farm.
(d) Vacation home.

5. What kind of roofs did the Nearings put on their houses?
(a) Low-lying and metal.
(b) Shingle.
(c) Tar.
(d) Tile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?

3. How long had Jacklight foot lived in the valley?

4. Whose building system did the Nearings follow when building their stone system?

5. What did the Nearings NEVER buy?

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