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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 two farms did the Nearings buy when they got to Vermont?
(a) The Madingly family place.
(b) The Vermont farm.
(c) The Sandusky farm and the Hodges place.
(d) The Ellonen place and the Hoard place.

2. What, according to the Nearings, is the food furthest removed from the soil?
(a) The produce in your grocery store.
(b) The farmer's market produce.
(c) Cooked caracasses of beasts, birds, and fish.
(d) Fresh dairy from a neighbor.

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

4. What was served nearly every day for lunch at the Nearings?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Tea.
(c) Soup and a salad.
(d) Meatloaf.

5. What did the Nearings do with the spring they found in the back of the cellar-hole?
(a) They ran the water to the garden.
(b) They plugged it up.
(c) They concreted the sides and ran a pipe up to the kitchen sink.
(d) They ran the water to the outhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when someone went out to work in the garden after lunch?

2. What does healthy soil teem with?

3. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?

4. How did the Nearings keep records of their projects at the farm?

5. How was each work day divided up?

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