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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?
(a) The 14th Street El.
(b) Sixth Avenue El.
(c) The G Train.
(d) The A Train.

2. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?
(a) 300.
(b) 140.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

3. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?
(a) Horseshoes.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Badminton.

4. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?
(a) Waterville.
(b) Bangor.
(c) East Machias.
(d) Oakland.

5. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?
(a) A ferret.
(b) A captive mouse.
(c) A beaver.
(d) A hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White have to use to cure ringworm as a child in "Once More to the Lake"?

2. What governmental program sponsored the limestone donations in "Lime"?

3. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?

4. Who was frantically pacing while White and his neighbor tried to corner the sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

5. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?

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